Historical Satire Admirers Prints

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree, on the condition that in included some affordable housing for key workers.

The Grasshopper's Feast: A Prophetic Vision

Lesser known greek gods,

"What the...They wrapped me in toilet paper!"

Dickens & Tolstoy Walk into a Bar: " . . . so, to make a short story long . . . "

Uses of a Dead Cat in History: Dead Cat Crown Jewels

Government Offices / In tray, No Exit tray.

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding as written and as it would have been written if David Hume had invested in a word processor,

It started friendly enough...'I'm Henry VIII, my dear, but you may call me 'Hank'.'

Mortally Wounded at the Battle of Quebec, General James Wolfe Forgets His Last Words

'It's one of our new technology rings, it allows you to download karats.'

Jack in the box on strike.

"We're to stop talking about 'budget cuts'. Apparently it's depressing for staff and clients..."

"Why can't you be more like little Hester Prynne? She's getting straight A's."

'Dropping the Pilot'-the Fall of Bismarck

Early attempts at standardising currency.

A rare picture of Henry VIII's divorce lawyer.

'Raping and pillaging, Seniors' Tour, 898AD.'

John Bull presenting the building for the 1862 International Exhibition to Britannia

'Number three?', 'This is NOT a quiz!'

"You should run for president."

'Your Majesty, the peasants are out of bread!', 'Then let them eat low-carb stuff.'

'Syllogisms won't do you any good here, Mr Aristotle.'

'Mind if I head off a little early today?'

'It says here that later in life they were able to patch things up and became best of friends.'

'Make sport of the Queen.'

Royalty, Episcopacy, and Law.

'Put the sword back in the stone right now, little girl, and we'll pretend this never happened.'

"Ooops is a bit of an understatement, don't you think Cardigan?"

Romulus and Remus ( and their brother Derek )

Exotic Insects Arrive in England with Imported Fruit

Uses of a Dead Cat in History: Jesus has a Practice Before Raising Lazarus.

'The secret of life has been unknowable ever since we assigned it to a committee.'

The Milbrook Verney chair in literature. The C.K. Frebish endowment for footnotes.

"Oh stop it. You know perfectly well that before every battle the enemy shouts things at us that we may find offensive."