Quentin Blake illustration centre to open in spring

The UK's first permanent home for illustration will open in central London in May to "celebrate its traditions" and welcome the "astonishing diversity" of art across the world.An 18th Century waterworks in Clerkenwell is being transformed into the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration, which was previously based in King's Cross under a different name.The £12.5m centre hopes to be the "world's largest dedicated…