Took a few steps backwards in week 4 of the diet this week. Hosted a dinner do on Sunday which aside from setting us back nearly £1k in food and drink, it turns out Iulia and I ate most of it. Sadly. Anyhow, here's the news... Thanks to Eric Lafforgue at www.ericlafforgue.com for his stunning photos which inspired me to draw this.

Week 3 weigh in and progress is being made. But by God, there's still a long way to go.

Our 4 yo son Loki is now in Reception and yesterday he had his first school football tournament. Big event - notable for being a rare occasion where I didn't bring my semi-professional camera to take snaps. I always look a bit of a weirdo amongst the parents with their iphones next to me with my enormous telephoto lens like I'm trying to compensate for some biological inadequacy. But if I don't take the snaps, then the parents get disappointed that they don't have the cool cl

When your daughter shows distress about the state of her relationship, it is very tempting as a father to step in and take action. But the truth is, I'm too fat, have weak wrists, and basically prefer sitting in the living room to any form of activity, so operate under a quite tight constraints when it comes to doing anything to help. Nevertheless, there are things you can do. Impactful things...

The one or two of you who have been following this blog may remember that I was on a diet last year. And it was very successful, for...

7 weeks down and now there's nothing to watch on Saturday afternoons anymore.

Despite the anger of the French art and historical artefact world, it looks like the nearly 1,000 year old Bayeaux Tapestry will come to...

The competition topic last week was football . Inspired by a recent holiday in Romania, I submitted this and topped the vote. So that...

After nearly 6 months of weekly slog, I finally won the Cartoonist's Club weekly competition. I am fulfilled. Drum roll.... this one...

A few cartoons that cover the news in the last few weeks, late May 25 to early June. 1) TweedleDonald and TweedleElom... 2) US grants...

Been doing a few obscure cartoons lately that basically capture a random thought drifting through my head, usually on the way to the tube...

Apparently in the UK there's been a law since 2004 that says you can be prosecuted for being 'grossly offensive' online. That opens up...

Behind the scenes...

Musings during the month...

Fantastic.

I mean. FFS. This next one won't mean much if you haven't seen the horror movie Fresh.

Seems like it's the next big target in Evangelical / Alt-right circles.

Every week there's a competition run by the Cartoonist's Club of Great Britain for its members on the topic of some theme. I consistently...

This last few months there have been two dominant themes to my cartoons - US politics and Gaza. And none of them are particularly funny....

Every single day there's a new release of madness from Washington. I'm like Pavlov's dog with each announcement. It's becoming impossible...