An astonishing, unprecedented, bravura achievement by the brilliant Chris Riddell.
On 15 December 2019 – realising he was living in, as they say, 'interesting times' – Chris decided he would start chronicling those times with daily political cartoon sketches, week-in-month-out for the next five years.
With the publication this month of FIVE YEARS, Volume 5: A Sketchbook of Political Drawings, he completes that amazing self-commissioned assignment.
The result is further proof (were it needed) of Chris' mastery of penmanship with which to provide a trenchant commentary on the follies, foibles and failings of those aspiring to be the movers and shakers of the national and international political scene.
It's all here: the UK leaving the EU; the Covid pandemic; Boris, Corbyn, Party-gate and Cummings; Global Warming, refugees crossing the Channel in small boats and the invasion of Ukraine; Sleepy Joe, Harry and Megan, Prince Andrew and Pizza Express;, the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II, Truss outlived by a lettuce and the long-awaited accession of King Charles III; Trump, Sunak and Starmer –– all human life and death, triumphs and disasters as witnessed across five years and 38,369 cartoons.
Chris Riddell's FIVE YEARS is a historic document of social importance and enduring record.
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