In these times of desperate national need with unburied bodies littering our streets and certain parts of the House of Lords, my research team thinks outside the [reused] envelope and offers advice and solace to the oft forgotten Drop Dead … Continue reading →

2012 ! Who thought we’d ever get this far ? When I was a kid, centuries which began with a 2 belonged to Dan Dare or Tomorrow’s World, we all had personal jet packs, Earth was part of an interplanetary … Continue reading →

So, they got another Gaddafi. I say “they” without knowing exactly who “they” are. The force opposed to the Colonel’s way of running things seems like a very broad church, united only by his repression. Tribalism demands that now the … Continue reading →

Well, first things first. That nice Mr Hislop has taken a gag. Whether it sees the light of day or not in the Eye rather depends on if I get lucky in the current cartoon competition in the Independent, because … Continue reading →

I’m writing this way too early. Its only the 19th of September. Doubtless, in the interim, huge, earth-shattering things will happen. Ian Hislop will take one of my cartoons [let’s start with the least likely], an ice-cap will melt, and … Continue reading →

As usual this blog appears just as the dust’s settling. Sort of. There’s still quite a lot of it in Libya though, along with rockets, millions of AK47 rounds, snipers and air strikes. But news agencies tell us that its … Continue reading →

The upside’s been a bit peculiar. Not bad, just peculiar. I may have ranted on about prices in the  Fine Art world, here and elsewhere. I say “may have”. I know damn well I have. Well, a mate of mine, … Continue reading →

Its nearly July so, blogs being retrospective, this should be Juneblog really because July hasn’t happened yet, right ?[get on with it.Ed.] The last month and most of May have been dominated by that dreadful company, British Telecom, and its … Continue reading →