birchy01
@birchy01.bsky.social
Cartoonist, writer and general smartarse. www.birchcartoons.co.uk
For the first time, Budapest Pride could be blocked. Orbán’s Russia-style laws target LGBTQ+ rights — but Hungarians are marching anyway. Tell the EU: show up and defend Pride! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-06...
Stop Hungary’s ban on Pride!
Budapest Pride is under threat — but Hungarians are not backing down.For 30 years, they’ve marched for love and freedom. Now, Orbán’s government is using Russian-like anti-LGBTQ+ laws, fines, and surv...
action.wemove.eu
June 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
For the first time, Budapest Pride could be blocked. Orbán’s Russia-style laws target LGBTQ+ rights — but Hungarians are marching anyway. Tell the EU: show up and defend Pride! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-06...
Buganvilla and Jasmine, Rincon de la Victoria
June 12, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Buganvilla and Jasmine, Rincon de la Victoria
Siobhan, Mark and I at her show in Alhaurin el Grande
June 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Siobhan, Mark and I at her show in Alhaurin el Grande
Gorgeous cartoon! Ralph would approve.
June 6, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Gorgeous cartoon! Ralph would approve.
The best bar in Malaga
June 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The best bar in Malaga
The one and only Dave Brown!
May 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The one and only Dave Brown!
Nobody wanted this one.
May 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Nobody wanted this one.
In the latest Private Eye
May 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In the latest Private Eye
The intense red of the Chilean Jasmine at dusk
May 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The intense red of the Chilean Jasmine at dusk
A page from Forum RIP with a subtle illustration.
May 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A page from Forum RIP with a subtle illustration.
An old cartoon I did for the late lamented Forum magazine. I dread to imagine the piece it went with!
May 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM
An old cartoon I did for the late lamented Forum magazine. I dread to imagine the piece it went with!
Just endured a cup of coffee at Pret, Brighton Station. Disgusting slop at £3.80
May 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Just endured a cup of coffee at Pret, Brighton Station. Disgusting slop at £3.80
Supply the missing word
May 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Supply the missing word
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The mural’s coming along well!
May 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The mural’s coming along well!
Absolutely! Labour’s like a rabbit in the headlights.
V good letter in The Guardian on Labour’s flailing hopelessness in the face of Reform.
Come on, Labour. The country is crying out for better. We’re sick of this ugly rightwing agenda. It brings nothing but failure.
It’s disloyal to your voters and to the country. You’ve got power and time. Use them.
Come on, Labour. The country is crying out for better. We’re sick of this ugly rightwing agenda. It brings nothing but failure.
It’s disloyal to your voters and to the country. You’ve got power and time. Use them.
May 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Absolutely! Labour’s like a rabbit in the headlights.
Photo by the brilliant Finn, Tuomo Manninen. Ateneo, Málaga
May 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Photo by the brilliant Finn, Tuomo Manninen. Ateneo, Málaga
Beyond belief! Well, almost.
Wow, so: cancellation of an exhibition of political cartoons in Britain over fear they “might offend”. While the dismantling of democracy is overt in the US, it happens in small increments in other countries, where vested interests firmly grip the balls of power.
#FreeSpeech #Democracy
#FreeSpeech #Democracy
This is such a quietly mad story. I particularly love the entirely made up worry about “staff safety” as an excuse to cancel the exhibition www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...
May 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Beyond belief! Well, almost.
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In Facebook jail for asking if the enormously surgically enhanced breasts on a catfisher’s photo were her own!
May 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
In Facebook jail for asking if the enormously surgically enhanced breasts on a catfisher’s photo were her own!