Peter Brookes in conversation with William Feaver

Peter Brookes is a cartoonist who was born in Liverpool in 1943. After school, he initially joined the RAF to train as a pilot but left to go to art college in Manchester, and then to the Central School of Art and Design in London. Brookes has produced work for numerous publications, including Radio Times, New Society, New Statesman, The Spectator and most notably The Times, for which he is the leader-page cartoonist. He is particularly noted for his “Nature Notes” series of cartoons which portray various fictitious beasts, based on the appearance (and supposed habits) of well-known politicians. Brookes was Cartoonist of the Year at the British Press Awards in 2012, 2011, 2010, 2007, and 2002.