ABOUT US

Although NB Illustration was only established in 2000, we have over 25 years of experience as illustrators' agents. Here's some completely useless information about each of us.

Portraits by Ben Hasler Joe Charlotte Paul Clare
JOE CHARLOTTE PAUL CLARE
Home town Whitstable, Kent (Born and bred Londoner at heart) London Stoke Newington, London Wheatley, Oxford
Favourite books Magus by John Fowles, Money by Martin Amis, Jean de Florette by Marcel Pagnol, Life of Pi by Yann Martel The History of Silence (my mum wrote it!), Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor Lord of the Rings (yes yes, I know) His Dark Materials trilogy, Pride & Prejudice, The Old-Girl Network by Catherine Alliot and any Bill Bryson
Favourite music From Bowie to Velvet Underground, Bob Marley to Jay-Z, Brecker to Sanborn, Gorillaz to Kings of Leon. and everything in between! Depends on my mood... take your pick from Musicals, Country and Western, Bluegrass, Opera, Rock & Roll, Happy House, Old Crooners and Young Upstarts Ashes to Ashes by David Bowie, What's Going On by Marvin Gaye and anything by John Barry or Lalo Schifrin Gogol Bordello, Kings of Leon, Sonic Boom 6, Metallica (sometimes), Girls Aloud (other times)
Favourite film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre The Treasure of the Sierra Madre The Treasure of the Sierra Madre The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Favourite pastimes Currently playing spanish guitar and of course, football on Wednesday nights Long leisurely meals with lots of people, food, drink and talk Driving my motorcycle Exploring new places, ballet, hunting a bargain, lazy pub garden days with friends
Favourite food South Indian Second helpings and left-overs Mum's apple pie Coffee & cake from De Wynns in Falmouth
Favourite item of clothing I'm with Clare on this one Floor-length blood-red rubber dress Jeans & T-shirts, I'm afraid The most recent purchase
Ideal home That lovely white house on the left as go down the hill into Blackheath Village ... you know the the one I mean. Somewhere big and grand, but only if there were lots of servants, failing that ... Somewhere small in the middle of nowhere by the sea A big flat in Bloomsbury Park Avenue penthouse apartment
Ideal company for a dinner party Travellers and their tales. Friends, family Socrates, Galileo, Newton, Einstein & Kylie! Bill Bailey, Johnny Depp, David Attenborough, Philip Pullman
Personal heroes Pasc, Julie & Nano Dolly Parton & Charles Dowson Mohammed Ali, Paul Erdôs Audrey Hepburn
The ultimate journey Pune to Goa on the overnight train Forwards To the moon To the bar ...
Earliest ambition Pro Musician To live by myself in London by the time I was 16 (this ambition was when I was a little girl living in the middle of nowhere, before I knew any better) To be a pop star To be an archaeologist
Current ambition To live in a hot country for 6 months of the year To live with a big family in the middle of nowhere ... (just like when I was a little girl) To play in the band called 'Tower of Power' (even as the triangle player) To be a successful illustrator