Children’s publisher Peter Usborne has died at the age of 85, his publishing company has announced. Mr Usborne, described as a “genius” who had a “child-like energy and curiosity”, was also the first ...

Children’s publisher Peter Usborne has died at the age of 85, his publishing company has announced. Mr Usborne was also the first managing director of Private Eye when the satirical magazine was ...

My father, Peter Usborne, who died suddenly last spring, was passionate about meticulously crafted writing. So I have a very definite sense of him sitting on my shoulder as I write this, saying, “Make ...

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