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A photograph of a woman in front of a black background

Meet the Services Engineer

Bianca Wilcox, Max Fordham

A photograph of a man with glasses sitting at a wooden desk, with open sketchbooks, pens and pencils. In the background some 3D models are displayed on the wall.

Meet the Gallery Designer

Matt Schwab, All Things Studio

17 January 2025

Happy National Illustration Day!

Lindsey Glen, Director

3 December 2024

A photograph of a young woman sat at a desk drawing on a piece of paper. The desk is covered in prints of colourful illustrations.

A day in the life of an Illustrator

The Association of Illustrators

26 November 2024

A photograph of the architect Tim Ronalds standing in front of a large banner with an illustration of a fantastical dragon-like creature holding a red envelope with the words "Special Messenger"

Meet the Architect

Tim Ronalds, Tim Ronalds Architects

29 October 2024

Illustration of people in a play area playing with moving water in pipes in a park on a yellow background.

Who’s coming out to play?

Kirsty Sullivan, Quentin Blake Centre team

7 September 2024

Comics for MPs

Myfanwy Tristram, Comics Cultural Impact Collective

A still from an animation with a two pencil drawn people in the centre layered on top of one another. Strips of colourful fabric lay on top of the drawings, like hair.

A Q&A with artist, animator and educator Lily Ash Sakula

Lily Ash Sakula, Illustrator

A big thank you

Lindsey Glen, Director

Collage of a child recycling by feeding plastic to a dinosaur.

A Q&A with picture book creator Anka Schwelgin

Jo Shallow, Quentin Blake Centre team

Illustration of two people and a sitar, there is some text layered over it.

A Q&A with illustrator and creative educator Jhinuk Sarkar

Jhinuk Sarkar, Illustrator

Four sea shells on a yellow background, each illustrated with a series of small line marks.

A Q&A with illustrator and creative educator Grace Holliday

Grace Holliday, Illustrator

7 February 2024

Illustration of a bearded man wearing a ruff with the ruffs on one side transforming into a seascape and map with three small ships heading in the direction of some islands in the distance

New River Adventurers

Olivia Ahmad, Quentin Blake Centre team

11 January 2024

Celebrating National Illustration Day 2023

Lindsey Glen, Quentin Blake Centre team

30 November 2023

A photograph of a studio desk with illustrations on the table, with scissors, pens and ink.

A Q&A with Lena Yokoyama on celebrating illustration

Lena Yokoyama, Illustrator

17 November 2023

Bold and graphic illustration of a map depicting the course of the New River.

A Q&A with Nina Chakrabarti on illustrating history

Nina Chakrabarti, Illustrator

16 October 2023

A Q&A with picture book author and illustrator Claire Alexander

Claire Alexander, Quentin Blake Centre course tutor

24 November 2022

Photograph of a steel saw with etchings on it.

A Q&A with illustrator Laura Copsey and designer Philip Crewe

Laura Copsey and Philip Crewe, Quentin Blake Centre resident illustrators

6 September 2022

Animation of sketches by Sharpay of New River Head

A Q&A with illustrator Sharpay Chenyuè Yuán

Sharpay Chenyuè Yuán, Quentin Blake Centre resident illustrator

Photograph of an archaelogy kit

Copsey and Crewe Narrative Extraction Services

Laura Copsey, Philip Crewe, Quentin Blake Centre resident illustrators

Scrolling text saying 'New Look'

New look, same love for illustration

Olivia Ahmad, Quentin Blake Centre team

Industrial brick building with blue sky above

Uncovering hidden heritage at New River Head

Lindsey Glen, Quentin Blake Centre team