GEOFF BOTTOMS relishes a profoundly human portrait of a family as it evolves across 55 years in Sheffield
Meet the cartoonist: Richard Cole
Where are you from?
The Tory heartland of Surrey — although now I’m wondering whether I’ve always lived in a Tory area, or whether I’m just some sort of Tory-magnet. If I am, then I’ll volunteer for the Mars mission.
What prompted you to draw cartoons?
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