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
Richard Blackwood "suggestible". Blackwood also warned watching parents that exposure to the fumes would make their children "smell like hammers". Blackwood had acting appearances in "Holby City" in 2003 and played the title character in the 2002 television series "Ed Stone Is Dead". During May 2003, Blackwood appeared in Channel 5's "Celebrity Detox Camp", which involved him being filmed "pumping 18 litres of coffee solution through his anus into [his] stomach". In March 2007, he acted in the Bollywood smash-hit film "Don't Stop Dreaming". In 2005, Blackwood appeared in "Princes of Comedii" DVD release. Blackwood was a presenter for the London radio