Blackwood (publishing house) Blackwood (publishing house) William Blackwood and Sons was a Scottish publishing house and printer founded by William Blackwood in 1804. It played a key role in literary history, publishing many important authors, for example John Buchan, George Tomkyns Chesney, Joseph Conrad, George Eliot, E. M. Forster, John Galt, Thomas de Quincey, Charles Reade, Margaret Oliphant, John Hanning Speke and Anthony Trollope, both in books and in the monthly "Blackwood’s Magazine". In 1804 William Blackwood opened a shop in South Bridge Street, Edinburgh, for the sale of old, rare and curious books. He undertook the Scottish agency for John Murray and
Vas Blackwood character Dexter in "Spatz". In 2008 he did voiceover work on the video game "Fable II". In 2013 he did voiceover work on a Tesco advertisement, this was launched and played on various different channels within the United Kingdom in the Summer period. Blackwood is founder of virtual online blog Vastaman.com. His cousin is the media personality Richard Blackwood. Vas Blackwood Vasta Roy "Vas" Blackwood (born 19 October 1962) is a British actor from London. Blackwood played Lenny Henry's sidekick Winston Churchill in "The Lenny Henry Show" (1987) and David Sinclair in "Casualty" (1996–97). Since playing Rory Breaker in the