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Capture the big imaginations of the little people in your life with these magical reads. Melanie McDonagh rounds up her favourites

Evening Standard

Quentin Blake at 90: celebrating the joy and magic of the illustrator of Matilda, The BFG and beyond

The expression “national treasure” could have been invented for Sir Quentin Blake who celebrates his 90th birthday on December 16 – and we might also celebrate his considerable impact on the status and understanding of the art of illustration.

The Conversation

Quentin Blake’s birthday celebrated by illustrators with drawings of 90 candles

Sir Quentin has also donated 140 new works, created in his 90th year, for an auction to raise funds for a new centre of illustration.

The Independent UK

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Queen’s Birthday Honours recipients ‘reflect monarch’s qualities’

Author Sir Salman Rushdie, actor Damian Lewis and broadcaster Clare Balding were among the well-known faces recognised in the Platinum Jubilee list.

The Independent UK

Queen's Birthday Honours List 2022 in full: All the winners from celebs to everyday heroes

The Queen's Birthday Honours List this year is made extra special due to the Platinum Jubilee. We round up all 1,134 recipients including Stella McCartney, Rio Ferdinand, Gregg Wallace, Clare Balding, Bonnie Tyler, Gareth Bale, James Milner, John Torode and Corrie's Antony Cotton

Daily Mirror

Famous faces on Queen’s Birthday Honours list chosen to reflect Platinum Jubilee

Sir Salman Rushdie, Sir Quentin Blake, Damian Lewis and Stella McCartney are among the famous names being recognised

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson critic Jeremy Wright knighted in birthday honours

Euan Blair is awarded MBE, Arelene Foster becomes dame, and Rio Ferdinand and Damian Lewis recognised

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Former United star Rio Ferdinand and City legend Mike Summerbee among UK's finest celebrated in Queen's Jubilee Birthday Honours List 2022

Several famous faces made the cut - including Damian Lewis and Gareth Bale

Manchester Evening News

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