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Quentin Blake Centre launches the UK's first National Illustration Day

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Public arts organisation The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration has today launched the UK's first country-wide celebration of pictures and the people who make them with National Illustration Day, which will take place on 24 November. Due to take place on 24 November, National Illustration Day is the first of its kind in the UK.

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UK's biggest comic art festival returns to Yorkshire this November

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Photography by Andrew Benge Taking place in Leeds and Harrogate, Thought Bubble is the UK's biggest celebration of comic art and culture. Thought Bubble. We reveal the details of this year's event. Others have replied, somewhat sardonically, "Er. how about comics ?"

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Trap of the Truth: Erwin Wurm makes his UK museum exhibition debut

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© Erwin Wurm Renowned Austrian artist Erwin Wurm has unveiled his first UK museum exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The exhibition will provoke and captivate, and it's a great pleasure and privilege to stage Erwin Wurm's first museum show in the UK." A towering boxy figure in a suit. Anthropomorphised Austrian cuisine.

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We Are Queer Britain: M&C Saatchi and Queer Britain launch the UK's first LGBTQ+ museum

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M&C Saatchi London has collaborated with Queer Britain to help launch the UK's first LGBTQ+ museum at Granary Square, Kings Cross. Instead, in honour of the 50th anniversary of the UK's first Pride March, it references protest placards for a strong typographic solution.

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The Big Plastic Count: Greenpeace lifts the lid on the state of the UK's recycling

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Greenpeace UK and Everyday Plastic have collaborated with creative agency Enviral to launch The Big Plastic Count, which asked households to keep track of their plastic use. Taking place through May, The Big Plastic Count tasked UK households with monitoring their plastic usage. How much plastic do you think you go through in a week?

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Rising Nigerian artist Nengi Omuku introduces her first major UK solo show

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But right now, she's back in Blighty for the opening of her first major UK solo exhibition, The Dance of People and the Natural World , at Hastings Contemporary. Dynamic and vibrant While Nengi is glad to be back in the UK again, she couldn't be happier living in Nigeria's capital right now.

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NB Studio and Sofie Birkin create colourful stamps for Royal Mail to mark 50 years of UK Pride

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It's been almost five decades since people marched through London, becoming the UK's first 'Gay Pride' rally. Launching on 1 July, the eight vibrant stamps will pay tribute to the 50th anniversary of the UK's first Pride rally, which famously took place in 1972 from London's Trafalgar Square to Hyde Park.

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