'How to focus on writing your book' original drawing. This and a few other artworks are now up at tomgauld.com/art-for-sale

The week in toons from ⁦The Times and The Sunday Times⁩ #drought #water #sewage #Masterchef #PrinceHarry #Vote16

#PONT on meeting the family, from 1940 #family

Holiday #PONT #rain #children

We'll be celebration 10 Years of arty cartoon exhibitions at OneNewStreet gallery as an aside to Cartoon Festival this year. 🎉🥳🥂. You can read a write-up on the shows in the brand new jam packed TheNewCartoonist magazine. Get it here: issuu.com/store/publishe…

In 1850, Punch magazine's Gilbert Abbott à Beckett and John Leech published The Comic History of Rome. Caroline Wazer explores how it's in Leech's anachronistic illustrations where the true subversion lies, offering a critique of Victorian society itself: publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-eter…

I don't really go in for taking selfies with celebs but of course I get members of the general public wanting to take photos with me!☹️ The worst offender is my mother!📸

Holiday #PONT - POPULAR MISCONCEPTIONS - ENGLAND #Cricket #Rain #England

This is actually a 1957 PUNCH cartoon whose real title marks International Geophysical Year by Russell Brockbank. Not sure the penguins are loving Shakespeare and what has that baseball-loving penguin ODed on? Still, better than the Soviet gulag, we guess!

Is it summer now? PUNCH Summer Number cover 1931 by Frank Reynolds #holidays #boats #boating #relaxing #water #rivers #drifting

❝There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they’ll take you.❞ —Helen Beatrix Potter, born on this day, July 28, in 1866

Holiday #PONT - THE PICNICKERS #picnic #holiday #fun

Summer holidays at home in 1944. "Takes a bit of getting used to, a spot of 'oliday traffic." PUNCH cartoon by Rowland Emett #WW2 #WWII #HomeFront #railways #trains #holidays #summer

‘It’s Gerald’s way of getting round the hosepipe ban’ Oh! In 1990. PUNCH cartoon by Ken Pyne #water #shortage #drought #rebellious #baths #bathtubs #gardens #suburbs #suburbia #hoses

IT'S TODAY! 🎨Get creative this summer! Join outdoor art sessions at #PinnerMemorialPark – sketch trees, craft colours from nature, and relax under the sun.🌳 📅31 Jul & 7, 14, 21, 28 Aug ⏰1:30–3:00 PM 📍Heath Robinson Museum (indoors if it rains!) #OutdoorArt #Pinner #FamilyFun

Well, yes there was a war on, but probably trenches on the Western Front weren't quite like that. PUNCH Special Army Number 1916 #WW1 #WWI #GreatWar #soldiers #flowers

Holiday #PONT :THE BRITISH CHARACTER - THE IMPORTANCE OF TEA #holiday #picnic #tea

Did you know 1 August is #YorkshireDay. PUNCH cartoon of Yorkshire's delights from the 'County Songs' series with poems by E V Lucas illustated by E H Shepard from 1928. Still famous for most things 100 years later! #England #English #Twenties #Britain #British #regions #identity

Herne Bay cartoon festival is happening this weekend. Sorry to miss it but hope everyone has a brilliant time! It is a fabulous festival and waving to everyone from across the water. As one of the themes was celebration, here's a (tenuous) toon I sent over... #cartoon