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Tom Gauld's cultural cartoons

Illustrator Tom Gauld takes a sideways look at cultural life

25 October 2026

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    Tom Gauld on the modern romantasy novel – cartoon

    Knight vision …

18 October 2026

  • Picture of cartoon character reading and eating simultaneously

    Tom Gauld on the extreme reader’s hyper-optimised day – cartoon

    Eat, sleep, read, repeat

11 October 2026

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    Tom Gauld on 625 new cosy crime novels for autumn – cartoon

    Pick one option from each column …

4 October 2026

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    Tom Gauld on some new faces in the deep dark wood – cartoon

    See past the prickles …

27 September 2026

  • illustration of man stepping up to monitor in style of simple graphics simulator

    Tom Gauld on the author simulator – cartoon

    Key steps …

20 September 2026

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    Tom Gauld’s Jane Austen-inspired algorithm for gentlemen in want of a wife – cartoon

    Saddle up …

13 September 2026

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    Tom Gauld on a new case for Hercule Poirot – cartoon

    To do is to be …

6 September 2026

  • illustration of young person reading with parents

    Tom Gauld on methods for encouraging a reluctant young reader – cartoon

    High branches and bribery …

30 August 2026

  • illustration of two books chatting

    Tom Gauld on the end of the summer books season – cartoon

    Farewell front table …

24 August 2026

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    Tom Gauld on holidaying with compulsive browsers – cartoon

    Looking at leisure …

16 August 2026

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    Tom Gauld on the library of the forbidden tomes – cartoon

    The chilling truth …

9 August 2026

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    Tom Gauld on the military history dad’s holiday reading – cartoon

    Soldiering on …

2 August 2026

  • illustration of boy reading mr man book

    Tom Gauld on how to be a top reader – cartoon

    Lost cause …

26 July 2026

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    Tom Gauld on the punctuation factory – cartoon

    Making a mark

19 July 2026

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    Tom Gauld on the making of a masterpiece – cartoon

    Think small …

12 July 2026

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    Tom Gauld on bookshop offers – cartoon

    Deals galore …

5 July 2026

  • picture of book warning issuing warning about heating dangers

    Tom Gauld on heatwave reading dangers – cartoon

    Too hot to handle …

28 June 2026

  • a publisher criticises a book jacket

    Tom Gauld on presenting cover designs for highbrow literary novels – cartoon

    Less is more

21 June 2026

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    Tom Gauld on Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey – cartoon

    The Cyclops’s eye view

14 June 2026

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    Tom Gauld on a Fifa prize for literature – cartoon

    Back of the net …
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