Hip, hip, hurrah this week to our very own cartoonist, Jonathan Pugh, who won the Cartoon Art Trust Award for Pocket Cartooning at the Cartoon Art Trust Awards, held in the charming Mall Galleries. Champagne and fish pie, followed by toffee ice cream, set the tone for a night of occasionally childish humour and anarchic behaviour. Graeme Garden, of Radio 4?s I?m Sorry I Haven?t A Clue, presented an award with the wit and warmth you?d expect.
The legendary Mac (looking, forgive me, surprisingly young) had flown back that afternoon from a sabbatical in Australia to collect his prize for Political Cartoonist of the Year. The spry octogenarian Jerry Robinson, who created Robin and the Joker of Batman and Robin, presented an award to Steve Bell. But the night was underlined by Ralph Steadman, who, collecting his Lifetime Achievement Award, said: ?I?ve got a speech but f*** the speech. I?m going to sing a song instead.? He promptly launched into a rallying tune that threatened at any moment to spill into madness, but held on by a thread. His fellow cartoonists stamped their feet and shook with laughter
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'You could walk round it every day and always notice something new': A private tour of the garden of multiple Chelsea gold medallist John MasseyInspired by his friends Christopher Lloyd and Princess Greta Sturdza, nurseryman and plant breeder John Massey has made a garden in Worcestershire that never ceases to delight, writes Charles Quest-Ritson. Photographs by Clive Nichols
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‘Once upon a time they covered an area the size of Ireland’: The restoration of Britain’s native oyster reefs is shaping future marine projects around the worldJane Wheatley reports on an innovative project to restore Britain’s once plentiful native oyster reefs in Tyne & Wear.
