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David Walliams and Quentin Blake are the odd couple

12.11.09
David Walliams has teamed up again with illustrator Quentin Blake for his new book. So what’s it like working with his childhood hero?... more

Fantastic Mr Fox is a bright-eyed bushy tale

23.10.09
Director Wes Anderson chooses homemade kookiness over CGI trickery for his take on Roald Dahl’s classic Fantastic Mr Fox — the result is charming. ... more

Children's authors revolt over anti-paedophile database

16.07.09
Some of Britain's top children's authors to stop visiting schools in protest at "preposterous" government plan to make them register on database in case they pose risk to children... more

Champion of picture books named Children's Laureate

09.06.09
Author and illustrator Anthony Browne was announced as the Children's Laureate, and described how picture books helped families to bond... more

Dahl and the giant music festival for young people

15.12.08
A music festival inspired by the children's works of Roald Dahl is being held at Kings Place - the new arts centre at King's Cross... more

Be a pit bull, Boris - grab London any cash on offer

29.10.08
Londoners already look back at the peak of the bubble as if remembering a dream world... more

Guessing games as stars make self-portraits

10.09.08
Forty writers, actors, musicians and artists, from Eric Clapton to Joanna Lumley, have produced an unusual self-portrait for an exhibition opening... more

Children 'being denied vital access to a cultural life'

21.07.08
Children are being denied their right to enjoy music, art and drama, campaigners say... more

Too nasty for the nursery

30.11.07
The Yuletide exhibition at Dulwich Gallery, usually addressed to children, Age of Enchantment, has fallen under a malicious spell this year.... more

All change at St Pancras

29.10.07
A ten-day festival marking Eurostar's switch from Waterloo to St Pancras station will feature music, illumination, dance, food and drawing.... more

Flying start for the Big Draw

26.09.07
Children's artist Quentin Blake will launch a month of events designed to encourage people to draw.... more

Snap up an Emin or Hirst with postcard lottery

16.11.06
It's the biggest annual bargain in Britart: the opportunity to buy a work by Damien Hirst or Tracey Emin for just £35.... more

Swayze's summer sparkle

17.08.06
Discover a novel use for your mobile phone, Quentin Blake's wonderfully scruffy illustrations and where to indulge in a bit of Dirty Dancing this weekend.... more

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