Jonathan Pugh first studied law, which presented him with hours of doodling practice. In 1995 he started drawing for The Times and has remained their daily pocket cartoonist ever since. He was voted the Cartoon Art Trust Pocket Cartoonist of the Year in 1998, 2000 and 2001 and was the British Press Awards Cartoonist of the Year in 2001.

It kept me laughing out loud for a good hour or so ... the most brilliant cartoonists, like Pugh, can do my job better than I do it and in a tenth of the space. It's a rare and rather wonderful talent.