There was a great profile on Irish political cartoonist and caricature artist John Doyle in the Irish Times on Thursday 4th January. Doyle was born in Dublin and published a series of very successful political cartoon lithographs after he moved to London.
I’m open to correction but it seems in 2014 the Irish Times have bowed to pressure from the pulpit and withdrawn the above Martyn Turner cartoon over religious sensitivities. I’m a cartoonist and I utterly oppose the censoring of legitimate social commentary. The Irish Times ought to be ashamed of themselves if they’ve bowed to, … Read more
Ancient journalist sharpens his pen. A few strands of flyaway hair were all it took to reconstruct an ancient journalist whose remains were found in a remote region of Ireland, scientists have revealed. The man’s remains were found in the permafrost of a region of Ireland that is completely cut off from reality and were … Read more