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Alastair Endersby
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Teacher of Politics. Debate Coach.
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For Lord Hampton, believed to be the only serving teacher in Parliament, the worst moment in his career so far was when a student of his was stabbed and killed

“Hearing a kid had been stabbed...then suddenly, shit, it’s Pharrell"

A sobering story and one I'm sure other teachers can sadly relate to
Meet Hereditary Peer Lord Hampton – The Only Serving Teacher In Parliament
Lord Hampton, believed to be the only serving teacher in Parliament, tells Matilda Martin of a life divided between the work bench and the crossben...
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February 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Nicola Jennings on #AndrewMountbattenWindsor @Guardian – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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3/3 'In prison and ye came unto me'

A detail of Harry Harvey's 1967 Works of Mercy window in Sheffield Anglican Cathedral.
#StainedGlassSunday
February 1, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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2/3 'Naked and ye clothed me'

A detail of Harry Harvey's 1967 Works of Mercy window in Sheffield Anglican Cathedral.
#StainedGlassSunday
February 1, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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'Sick and ye visited me'

A detail of Harry Harvey's 1967 Works of Mercy window in Sheffield Anglican Cathedral. 1/3
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February 1, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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Matt Reutter @NewYorker on #MelaniaTheMovie #MelaniaFilm #MelaniaMovie #AMustWatch – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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Morten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social on #MelaniaFilm #MelaniaMovie #AMustWatch #ICE @thetimes – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:23 AM
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Christian Adams @Adamstoon1 on #KeirStarmer and his #JapanVisit @Telegraph – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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'Remembering Rebellion in the Tudor South West': bit.ly/3YXxbbz by Professor Mark Stoyle.

This week we published the latest article in the Society's journal, 'Transactions'. Mark's article considers the regional, economic and temporal dimensions of commemoration #Skystorians 1/2
First page of Transactions article, 'Remembering Rebellion in the Tudor South West', by Mark Stoyle. Full abstract: "This article explores how the five major rebellions which took place in Devon and Cornwall between 1485 and 1603 were subsequently remembered by the region’s inhabitants. It begins by demonstrating that – although early modern elites generally preferred to say as little as possible about episodes of popular protest once they had been safely suppressed – the revolts which had occurred under the Tudor monarchs went on to be officially memorialised in several South Western communities. The article then moves on to discuss how local gentlefolk looked back on the rebellions, and argues that such individuals tended, in their retrospective accounts, to exaggerate the degree of social radicalism which had been exhibited by the insurgents. Next, the article considers the few scraps of evidence which have survived about popular memories of the protests, and suggests that, while the specific grievances which had motivated the rebels may well have been quite quickly forgotten, the desperate courage with which they had fought – particularly during the Western Rising of 1549 – had continued to be remembered by the ordinary people of the region for decades to come. The fourth and last part of the article looks at ‘modern’ commemoration of the revolts and draws out some general conclusions."
January 31, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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Peter Brookes @BrookesTimes on #KeirStarmer in #China @thetimes – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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Kal @kaltoons on #DonaldTrump #MelaniaTrump #StevenMiller #ICE – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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Graeme Bandeira @GraemeBandeira on #KeirStarmer #AndyBurnham #GortonAndDenton #NobelPeacePrize @NorthernAgenda_ – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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Clay Bennett @BennettCartoons on #MelaniaTheMovie #MelaniaFilm #MelaniaMovie #AMustWatch #ICE – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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From the 2024 archive
January 29, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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Friday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
January 29, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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Christian Adams @Adamstoon1 on #Trump #NobelPeacePrize #Iran @Telegraph – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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Morten Morland @mortenmorland on #SuellaBraverman #ReformUK @thetimes – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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Pete Songi @Songicartoons on Keir Starmer’s trip to China @Guardian – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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Christian Adams @Adamstoon1 on #KeirStarmer #XiJingPin #ChinaVisit @Telegraph – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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Ella Baron @Ellabaron on #SuellaBraverman and her defection to #ReformUK @Guardian – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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#weremember #HMD2026
January 27, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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Brighty @Brighti on #SuellaBraverman #suellabravermanreform #ReformUK #Cruella @TheSun – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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Precious hazel gloves fungus on ancient coppice hazel at Orley Common. Classic temperate rainforest indicator as taught me by @guyshrubsole.bsky.social. Just as my monthly rain gauge passes the 200mm mark. Ho hum!
Two flat roundels of orange fingers amid mosses growing on hazel bark The host tree: fungus upper right
January 27, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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Reform’s Matt Goodwin is sure he’s the right man for Gorton and Denton. He just doesn’t know why…
Introduced by an unsupervised Lee Anderson, the byelection candidate was out of his depth immediately
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January 27, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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Patrick Blower @blowercartoons on #KeirStarmer #XiJingPin #Chinese #Spying @Telegraph – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:28 PM