The Latest Breaking News from Raymond Briggs

Raymond Briggs’s library goes on sale at his local Oxfam shop

Books belonging to the beloved creator of The Snowman and When the Wind Blows were donated by his estate after his death

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23

Raymond Briggs’ personal library goes on sale at Oxfam

Over a thousand books from the author’s library are available at Oxfam in Hove and online.

Evening Standard · Jul 23

11 of the UK’s best winter walks – all ending at a cosy pub

Too much turkey and Baileys? Blow away the Christmas cobwebs on one of our rambles. And if that doesn’t work, they all end at a pub for a hair of the dog

The Guardian - UK · Dec 27, 2025

Best Christmas jumpers for kids in 2024 that are so cute and cosy

Kitschy knits for Christmassy kids

Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2024

Bridgerton is back and still frothy, but developing a more grown-up attitude – what you should see and read this week

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The Conversation · May 17, 2024

Walking in the air: Snowman creator Raymond Briggs’s favourite Sussex paths

An exhibition of the great British illustrator’s life opens this month in Ditchling village, in the South Downs countryside that inspired him

The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2024

Artistic unicorns, protest ceramics and queer art from Morocco – the week in art

Greenham Common inspires a new generation, designer Enzo Mari gets playful and Perth Museum dedicates its first exhibition to a mythical beast prized since antiquity

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2024

‘Not a parable about death’: Raymond Briggs’s notes set record straight for The Snowman

Remarks scribbled in a Finnish copy of the much-loved book, to be featured in an exhibition on the author, reveal how the story was misunderstood

The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2024

New Quentin Blake museum to provide a London home for a booming art form

The centre – featuring the work of acclaimed artists – will be the only permanent place in Britain to learn about the history of illustration

The Guardian - UK · Dec 30, 2023

The Snowman: how Howard Blake persuaded Raymond Briggs to love his soaring Christmas soundtrack

It has become a Christmas rite-of-passage for generations of families, as familiar to the festive season as mince pies. Howard Blake tells Roisin O’Connor why he didn’t want Aled Jones singing in the 1982 animation of ‘The Snowman’, and how ‘Walking in the Air’ almost never made the cut

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2023