Is the Tory party trying to rival the pantomime villains created by one of our greatest authors? This makes Scrooge, Gradgrind and Squeers look like the Flopsy Bunnies .

⭐ We're delighted to announce that Frank Cottrell-Boyce is the Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate 2024-2026! ⭐ Watch the full video to find out about Frank's plans for the role & his new #ReadingRights campaign: booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/chi… ACE North Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce

Great news that the phenomenal Frank Cottrell-Boyce is the new #ChildrensLaureate 2024-2026! Do watch his video below. "Apparatus of happiness'! Meanwhile, to paraphrase Jonathan Freedland, let's hope Labour, after campaigning in prose, will govern in poetry.

A new day in Westminster has dawned...

The @procartoonist's Theatre exhibition opens at Bedfringe in 2 days. Featuring cartoons by: Ros Asquith Banx Boyce Steve Bright Dave Brown chris burke Chicane/Mark Winter Simon Ellinas Clive Goddard Russel Herneman Kerina Strevens

LAUREATES OF FIRE!!! That Cressida Cowell and I were chatting Summer reads 08.20 this AM on the Today Programme. The theme was friendship. Holes! Minnow on the Say! Lost and Found! The Piano and the Bear! The Cheat Book and onjali rauf 's Boy at the Back of the Class!!

Here's one of mine in @procartoonist's Theatre exhibition at Bedfringe with hordes of major talents! See tweet from James Mellor below. Prints available! (I think we've avoided the pencil joke... 2B or not...)

This guy made a spectacular rube Goldberg style project Wait for it

In the late forties, a young lady came into our shop, spent a few hours immersed in the books and left, empty handed. The following day, she was back, again immersed herself in the books and this time, bought two books. Our mother was intrigued by her and asked, /1

DEI cartoon 😀 The Spectator

Liverpool, Walthamstow, Oxford, Bristol - beautiful scenes from up and down the country of communities coming together in the face of hatred this evening. THIS is who we are, THIS is what we should be striving for.

My cartoon in the previous issue of Private Eye ⁦Private Eye Magazine⁩ New issue out tomorrow!

‘The Modern Day Martyrdom of St. Sebastian’ Marshelli Glendanelli Gouache on cardboard Circa 2024

I’m leaving Twitter!! The Spectator #leavingtwitter

#SmallPressDay is TOMORROW! And what a day it will be 🥳 Nearly 100 small press artists at events across the UK & Ireland hosted by: FPGlasgow Forbidden Planet Dublin Travelling Man (Newcastle & York) Zine Freak Forbidden Planet Leicester Forbidden Planet Wolverhampton The Cartoon Museum Gosh! Comics jambookshopuk

Been trying to sum up the nuance, politesse and veracity of this platform . Any good? I would've used masculine insults, but 'dog' and 'bull' don't quite cut it. Thoughts welcome Procartoonists

Next time you read a book in the park as a woman, remember it’s now a privilege. In Afghanistan, you can’t read a book. In public. As a woman. The Handmaid’s Tale in 2024.

These few paragraphs appear on page 40…. Last page of ⁦The Times and The Sunday Times⁩ before Business News. It ought to be on every front page. #Barbarism

In 2021 Afghan women started an online campaign to protest the Taliban's female dress code by posting photos of what traditional Afghan clothes look like, sharing #AfghanistanCulture and #AfghanWomen tags. #WomensArt

Very sad news that the great Ed McLachlan has died. A brilliant, inspirational cartoonist who never failed to make you laugh. And very kind to up and coming artists. I absolutely loved his work! This was his own favourite cartoon, from Private Eye Magazine