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We chatted to our sixth Illustrator in Residence about doing half her residency remotely. Coal Drops Yard 1 © Peony Gent

Our founding trustee has made a series of joyous e-cards to help us stay in touch while remaining socially distant. Rainbow 1 © Quentin Blake

Just in: the overall competition winner, 5 shortlisted entries and People's Choice Award winner. Illustration 1 © Mikki Lee

Stuck inside? Order a book! The Weed by Quentin Blake

We chatted to illustration tutor Sion Ap Tomos ahead of his Illustrating People summer school. Anastasia Marsh - Stencil

A Q&A with our Schools and Families Manager Grace Attlee on our new series of workshops for 5-12 year olds and their parents and carers. One of My Kind Cover 6

We chatted to our current Schools’ Illustrator in Residence about their work with students with severe disabilities. Face 1 © Lily Ash Sakula, John Chiltons School

So many fonts inspired by the charming mid-century master of persuasion. Pull Your Load If You Can't See Over It, poster for ROSPA, 1943 © The Estates of George Him and Jan Le Witt

Check out this year's longlist and vote for your favourite in the People's Choice Award. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones, illustration by Marie-Alice Harel

The inside scoop on curating our exhibition W. E. B. Du Bois: Charting Black Lives. Valuation of Town and City Property Owned by Georgia Negroes © WEB Du Bois

The Guardian's Data Editor updates Du Bois' data visualisations using contemporary statistics. 1500 (2)

Our exhibitions team went to Havana to meet the artists whose extraordinary work features in our five-star exhibition. Cuba research trip 1

Get your Christmas shopping all wrapped up with our handy gift guide. Designed in Cuba Catalogue © OSPAAAL and House of Illustration

With just 2 weeks to go, we’re turning the spotlight on 11 illustrators to meet at the winter edition of the Fair. Balcony © Melissa Castrillon

Reflecting on what we learnt from the extraordinary educator and designer Marie Neurath in the last 7 days of the exhibition. Marie Neurath Picturing Science making-of spreads © Justin Piperger

The what, how and why of our brand-new talent development initiative for underrepresented children's book illustrators. Illustrations from participating publishers © Pathways

Nuggets of wisdom from the artist-nun. Immaculate Heart College Art Department c. 1955, photo by Fred Swartz © Corita Art Center Immaculate Heart Community Los Angeles

As judged by Bob and Roberta Smith. Circus Illuminated Alphabet © Tita Berredo (1)

A few of our favourites from the amazing alphabets we received. Illuminated Alphabet © Emma Reith (1)

In conversation with Olivia Ahmad. for emergency use soft shoulder, 1966, serigraph © Corita Art Center Immaculate Heart Community Los Angeles