We were joined for a cuppa by the architect Tim Ronalds who gave more history of this vuilding, his hiostory wioth the New River, water pumps, diverting nature's elements and how technology has changed things… Here's a gallery of what else to expect across the three floors… and the free comic you get as well.
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Quentin Blake Centre For Illustration Archives
It went online, but lost its location.
Impression – Exterior of the new Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration © Nora Walter, used with permission
At the end of 2023, I reported that it would be reopening in a new location in Clerkenwell in 2025, just a twenty minute walk from its original location renamed as The Quentin[...]
In 2025, it is returning to a less central but much bigger London location in Islington/Clerkenwell and has been renamed after its founder, Sir Quentin Blake, best known for his Roald Dahl illustrations, and will contain 40,000 examples of his work.
New River Head buildings by Lionel Allorge – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0
The Quentin Blake[...]


