From the archives of the greatest humour magazine of them all! Cartoons, caricatures, social & political history, artists, writers, @PontWorld & satire today.https://bsky.app/profile/punchbooks.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/punchbooks.bsky.social/post/3mto6hrt2cs2eWe're waiting... 🌧️☔🌧️☔ PUNCH cartoon by Jean-Jacques Sempé 1960 #rain #weather #resorts #holidays #hotels #seaside #climate22 Aug 2026 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:5pfcbqs4faafppdaa5bu34t7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mto6hrt2cs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/punchbooks.bsky.social/post/3mtedk5lc2k26Here's one of David McKee's great covers for PUNCH from 1969. If you're planning on going anywhere near Lymington, don't miss this exhibition of his work at the St Barbe Museum https://www.stbarbe-museum.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/current-exhibition/elmer-and-mr-benn-the-magic-of-david-mckee/ #Elmer #MrBenn18 Aug 2026 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:5pfcbqs4faafppdaa5bu34t7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtedk5lc2k26https://bsky.app/profile/punchbooks.bsky.social/post/3mtebqeigbs26David McKee produced some wonderful covers for PUNCH [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Aug 2026 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:5pfcbqs4faafppdaa5bu34t7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtebqeigbs26https://bsky.app/profile/punchbooks.bsky.social/post/3mt6vqzxfg22lBack to the seaside 1945.... the war was over but Britain had learned to queue... PUNCH cartoon by Fougasse (Kenneth Bird) #WW2 #WWII #postwar #beaches #sands #summer #coast16 Aug 2026 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:5pfcbqs4faafppdaa5bu34t7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt6vqzxfg22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/punchbooks.bsky.social/post/3mt4em57u3s2g#OTD 15 August 1945 Emperor Hirohito announced the surrender of Japan to the Allies 'Red Sky at Morning' PUNCH cartoon by E H Shepard #WW2 #WWII #war #Japan #Truman #Stalin #Churchill15 Aug 2026 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:5pfcbqs4faafppdaa5bu34t7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4em57u3s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/punchbooks.bsky.social/post/3mt4dqx453225We spy a PUNCH cartoon heading a Guardian article on the 'Great Stink' (maybe) of 2026. This one's of the first 'Great Stink' during the torrid summer of 1858. The Thames must have kept on stinking as 'The London Bathing Season' by John Tenniel is from 1859 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/15/great-stink-london-heat-drought-sewers?CMP=share_btn_url15 Aug 2026 09:19 +0000at://did:plc:5pfcbqs4faafppdaa5bu34t7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4dqx453225https://bsky.app/profile/punchbooks.bsky.social/post/3msxgxlovvs2s#alevels Hoping students got the results they wanted.... PUNCH cartoon by Ken Allen 199013 Aug 2026 10:33 +0000at://did:plc:5pfcbqs4faafppdaa5bu34t7/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxgxlovvs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/punchbooks.bsky.social/post/3mssb3lmiss2d"I keep thinking it's Tuesday" .... and he's right... A PUNCH classic cartoon by Paul Crum, pen name of Roger Pettiward #icon11 Aug 2026 09:04 +0000at://did:plc:5pfcbqs4faafppdaa5bu34t7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssb3lmiss2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/punchbooks.bsky.social/post/3mssatxenfc2dBeach holidays as they were, Punch & Judy et al... PUNCH cartoon by the great Ronald Searle 1957 #entertainment #holidays #seaside #entertainers #sand #vacations11 Aug 2026 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:5pfcbqs4faafppdaa5bu34t7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssatxenfc2d