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1969: King of the jungle past his prime

This is a problem for two-legged ‘monarchs’ as well as for the four-legged kings of the jungle.

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1968: Wearing the right clothes

What Bill Tidy clearly has in mind is the Bolshevik revolution of 1917 when the Winter Palace was stormed. The palaces in question had belonged to the Tsars but now belonged to Kerensky regime that briefly ruled after the downfall of the Romanov dynasty. They no longer acted as palaces but the names stuck.

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1961: School architecture

Taking a break from small girls and ponies Thelwell conjures up a drawback in modern school architecture. The glass walls enable nine different classes to witness the late arrival of a small boy. The clock on the wall shows us (and the late-comer) exactly how late he is.

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1979: Desperate salesman

You would need to be truly gullible to accept this line of reasoning.

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1963: The Profumo Affair

In 1963 the media were obsessed with the Profumo Affair. Christine Keeler was the model said to have slept both with the Cabinet Minister in charge of the army and with a Russian envoy. Anton here is presenting a situation where all the men are staying away from the attractive young women in case their careers will also be ruined.

Tiny feet for everyone!

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1963: Punch v. Modern Art

A frequent theme in the pages of Punch is the disparagement of modern art.

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1963: Down with accountants!

Cynicism about financial matters is not unusual in these cartoons.

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1963: A popular myth

With the discovery of Tutankhamun’s grave stories were frequently told of a curse on anyone who opened up the grave. No curses have ever been found on inscriptions in the Egyptian tombs.

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1964: Intellectual property

This is quite an unusual Punch cartoon. The white coated scientist has an idea and the avaricious business man, known as JBC, instantly steals it. There is a strong political agenda at work here. Such ‘thefts’ do occur but never as crudely as shown here. There are also some quite honourable examples of co-operation between scientists and commercial companies.

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1963: ‘Progressive’ Education

Lampooning progressive education was a frequent theme in Punch. We note that the teacher is wearing sandals.