The Art of Class War: Newspaper Cartoonists and the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike
Cover cartoon: Alan Hartman from ‘Need Not Greed’ Glenn Marshall writes: A new book shines a Davy lamp on political cartoons during the bitter miners’ strike in the mid eighties. It includes around 130 cartoons. It’s by Nicholas Jones who was the BBC industrial and senior political correspondent for over 20 years. He’s also written […]
Who pocketed the cartoon awards?
Clive Goddard writes: The Political Cartoon Awards have been running for 18 years now, but this year there was something new. The event takes place in a large, swanky hall in central London with subdued coloured lighting, tasty little unidentified canapes being offered by attractive young people and more free booze than anyone has time […]