But the idea is to be entertaining. Youve been personally committed, havrnt you, to trying to reverse the decline of the english cartoonist. Yes. Why have you and private eye kept up with your investment in cartoons . Um, because, um, people like them and the mag sells. No, obviously, its a much more elevated reason than that. No, i love cartoons and that i think that one of the things that print can do is reproduce sort of beautiful drawings that are funny. And english cartooning tradition is very old and i think absolutely remarkable. So i am basically i doubled the number of cartoons and people said well, you know, there arent any young cartoonists. You wont get anyone. It is funny if you offer money, people become cartoonists its amazing. We have got a brilliant raft of young cartoonists. I mean, this is a genuine skill and there are lots of people who do it really well. I mentioned politics, which is what most of your covers are about. Now, we seem to be in an age of polarisation,
About a particular subject or have not covered it well, i try and leave it out. I mean, were exhaustive, but the idea is to be entertaining. Youve been personally committed, havent you, to trying to reverse the decline of the english cartoonist . Yes. Why have you and private eye kept up with your investment in cartoons . Um, because, um, people like them and the mag sells. No, obviously, its a much more elevated reason than that. No, i love cartoons and i think that one of the things that print can do is reproduce sort of beautiful drawings that are funny. And english cartooning tradition is very old and i think absolutely remarkable. So i am basically i doubled the number of cartoons um, and people said, well, you know, there arent any young cartoonists. You wont get anyone. It is funny if you offer money, people become cartoonists its amazing. We have got a brilliant raft of young cartoonists. I mean, this is a genuine skill and there are lots of people who do it really well. I ment
New girlfriend, i dont lie lie to women any more, and she is saying, except the queen obviously. That that is not a legal problem, that is the supreme courtjudgement. You know, this is ourjob reporting the facts. And sometimes anniversaries too. This is when boris became prime minister, which the people equate with an event as unlikely as landing on the moon. But he did and there is a picture of him just going into number 10, so we did it as a lunar landing, a souvenir issue, one small step for man and a giant leap in the dark for mankind. And put it in black and white. When you have a year to get through and have many of these annuals of course and when you have to do a year, what youre saying moments ago is whatjournalism is about, what are you thinking about dealing with this . Do you get the bestjokes or really to reflect the year . I try and get the bestjokes and if we had been told about a particular subject or have not covered it well, i try and leave it out. I mean we are exhau
Hello. You are everywhere. Thank you for having us in, thank you so much. How do you come up with a cover like those . This was when theresa may, do you remember her . She was around at the beginning of the year. She used to be prime minister. Anyway, she left and we had to think how can we pay tribute to theresa may . So i thought perhaps a blank page will be good, and so we have the theresa may memorial issue, her legacy in full. Uh, thank you. Which again seems quite cruel, but was quite funny. Do you know how each of those sell . Yeah, that was a seller. Im afraid that was popular. And nigel farage . This is great, hes always good. Partly because he always does photo opportunities, so having been accused of having a party full of fruitca kes, he does a photo op eating a fruit cake. I mean, it is fantastic. He does the joke for us. Borisjohnsons private life has frequently furnished you with cover ideas and this one you have here. This was sort of essentially a smut special. Because
Where hundreds face christmas out of their homes after last months flooding. The former love island presenter Caroline Flack has pleaded not guilty to assaulting her boyfriend at herflat in london. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are kevin schofield, editor of politics home, and the broadcasterjohn stapleton. A quick look through the front pages. Tomorrows Financial Times leads on the ousting of the chief executive of boeing after two deadly crashes involving its 737 max plane. The i warns of serious flooding over the festive period with heavy rain forecast in parts of the uk later this week. The daily express previews the queens christmas speech. The monarch will say its been a bumpy year. The daily mirror also splashes on the queens message, showing her next to photos of some of the royal family. The times front page has the same image of the queen and her heirs. The paper also has the story that the Prime Minister borisjoh