Quentin Blake Such a democratic approach may reflect Blake’s own route into art. He was a clever grammar school boy who went to Cambridge but, as far as his artistic skills and understanding of ...

Blake, 77, has on a slightly scruffy ... reviews of anything I've done", was called The Boy in a Dress, about a boy who decides to go to school in a frock. "That book became a real labour of ...

Sir Quentin Blake's life will be celebrated by fellow illustrators on Friday with 90 drawings - each featuring a candle. Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration invited the 90 illustrators to each ...

Illustrator Quentin ... Blake brings his magical pieces to life." Born in the suburbs of London in 1932, Mr Blake first had his drawings published in Punch magazine when he was 16 and still at school.