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 ...

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 ...

The publisher said he died “unexpectedly but peacefully” on the morning of Thursday 30th March, surrounded by his family. “Peter was, in the truest sense of the word, a genius – his brilliance was ...