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Ann McMullan's biography of Punch cartoonist PONT (1908-1940) is available on Amazon Kindle for just £1.99. http://tinyurl.com/PontBiography
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· Nov 25
Could this be the greatest Foreword of all time? #PONT's introduction to his first published collection "The British Character Studied and Revealed by Pont"
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Today,
after one of the biggest attacks on Ukraine,
I saw an appalling indifference from the world.
Thank you to those who still care.
There are truly so few of you.
after one of the biggest attacks on Ukraine,
I saw an appalling indifference from the world.
Thank you to those who still care.
There are truly so few of you.
September 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Today,
after one of the biggest attacks on Ukraine,
I saw an appalling indifference from the world.
Thank you to those who still care.
There are truly so few of you.
after one of the biggest attacks on Ukraine,
I saw an appalling indifference from the world.
Thank you to those who still care.
There are truly so few of you.
Ladies in Retirement was loosely remade in 1969 as THE MAD ROOM with Shelley Winters and Stella Stevens
December 4, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Ladies in Retirement was loosely remade in 1969 as THE MAD ROOM with Shelley Winters and Stella Stevens
I am saddened that this way is felt by you.
I am fascinated by the lengths people will go to use the passive voice in an apology post. Whole new grammars were sprouted by those posts.
December 2, 2024 at 10:29 PM
I am saddened that this way is felt by you.
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November 29, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Could this be the greatest Foreword of all time? #PONT's introduction to his first published collection "The British Character Studied and Revealed by Pont"
November 25, 2024 at 12:27 AM
Could this be the greatest Foreword of all time? #PONT's introduction to his first published collection "The British Character Studied and Revealed by Pont"
Excellent bio of Graham Laidler (#PONT) in this 1999 piece for an exhibition at Rae-Smith Gallery www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Visual Arts: The discreet charmer of the bourgeoisie
The cartoonist Pont may have died young, but he was old enough to be remembered.
www.independent.co.uk
November 15, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Excellent bio of Graham Laidler (#PONT) in this 1999 piece for an exhibition at Rae-Smith Gallery www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Cartoon genius Nick Newman (Sunday Times UK) has been PONT's most dedicated supporter for decades. Hope to see his @PontWorld feed on Bluesky soon.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
The peerless social satire of Pont of Punch
Eighty years ago this month, the cartoonist Graham Laidler — better known as Pont — died of polio. He contracted the disease while evacuating refugees from London in his car. He was only 32. In 1940, ...
www.spectator.co.uk
November 15, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Cartoon genius Nick Newman (Sunday Times UK) has been PONT's most dedicated supporter for decades. Hope to see his @PontWorld feed on Bluesky soon.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
Wonderful!
November 15, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Wonderful!
Marvelous work inspired by PONT pauldaviescartoons.com/cartoons-thr...
A Celebration of ‘Pont’
Pont was a cartoonist from the 1940s who made his name from drawing for Punch magazine. Some years ago I embarked on a tribute to Punch by revisiting his ideas and redrawing them for the modern age…
pauldaviescartoons.com
November 12, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Marvelous work inspired by PONT pauldaviescartoons.com/cartoons-thr...