ALONG WITH THE whole nation, I was transfixed by the mind-bogglingly tense and stressful game between England and Colombia last night during World Cup 2018. Not only was I delighted by the result which should surely help build the national team’s confidence towards the game with Sweden but I was staggered by the unruly behaviour […]
HOW DID I come to draw this pencil sketch of Howard Jacobson? While the TV is on in the evenings, I am invariably scribbling in a sketchbook, particularly when the programme on show is on more for other family members rather than me. Often, I scan the news to see which characters are prominent but […]
Caricature of Boris Johnson AS THE SOPORIFIC proceedings of the Conservative Party Conference continue, I decided to draw yet another caricature of Boris Johnson to add to my collection. If anyone is guaranteed to bring some life to the event, it’ll be him, whether you love or hate him. Someone with the chutzpah to choose […]
It’s the Conservative Party Conference 2017! AS THE LATEST Conservative Party Conference gets under way in Manchester, we can look forward to a few days of the news channels becoming choc-a-bloc with reports of major political personalities jockeying for position around the increasingly hapless-looking Prime Minister, Theresa May. Above, you can see a caricature of the […]
BBC Radio One 50th Anniversary THIS WEEKEND SEES the fiftieth anniversary of BBC Radio One. This was the station introduced in response to the illegal pirate radio stations around in those days such as Radio Caroline and Radio London which were the only purveyors of current pop music. The first disc jockey to play a […]
Caricatures of Politicians CARICATURES OF POLITICIANS are usually a mainstay for most cartoonists. The people who put themselves in charge of our lives all around the world are prominently displayed in all the media and the situations they get into make for avidly consumed material in most newspapers, magazines, online and on television. Above, you […]
Caricature Illustration for Leaflet MUSIC HERITAGE LONDON commissioned this group caricature illustration for a forthcoming leaflet about walks in Richmond. It features four famous residents of that leafy London suburb. Whether or not they are often seen walking there is another matter, especially as one has long been dead. As with most commissions the process […]
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I was I nvited up to the BBC TV Centre in Manchester (Media Village) in order to draw live caricatures on TV from photos while being filmed. This was for the BBC African Footballer of the Year Awards which took place in Johannesburg. The caricaturing process was straightforward. I simply […]
