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 startchronicling those times with daily political cartoon sketches, week-in-month-out forthe 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 (wereit needed) of Chris' mastery of penmanship with which to provide a trenchantcommentary on the follies, foibles and failings of those aspiring to be themovers and shakers of the national and international political scene. 

It's all here: the UKleaving 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 KingCharles III; Trump, Sunak and Starmer –– all human life and death, triumphs anddisasters as witnessed across five years and 38,369 cartoons.

Chris Riddell's FIVE YEARS is ahistoric document of social importance and enduring record.

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