“When your toes are warming by the hearth and there’s
a glass of liquid encouragement t’hand … when life has
calmed down a bit … well, if you can’t occasionally see
the daftness of it all, and laugh at yourself – you won’t
survive long as a peasant.”
First published just before his death, this is Henry Brewis’s
own choice of the best of his cartoons, selected from 25 years’ work.
It also contains some cartoons that were new in 2000.
Happens every harvest. Forecast’s not
very good, he says. Every minute counts, he says. I’ll
keep it going over dinnertime, he says….
Oh stop sulking – he’ll
help you with your IACS when he’s finished his homework.
I think he said he was tidying up his garden
today. Surprising really, because he never was a keen gardener.