Martin Rowson
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 65 |
| Web site | www.martinrowson.com |
| Date of birth | February 15,1959 |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
| Born | England |
| United Kingdom | |
| Job | Cartoonist |
| Writer | |
| Visual Artist | |
| Official site | martinrowson.com |
| Education | Pembroke College |
| Known for | Political cartoons |
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| ID | 524208 |
The Dog Allusion: Gods, Pets and How to Be Human
Coalition Book: Cartoon Catalogue of Britain's Worst Government in 200 Years
Fuck: The Human Odyssey
Snatches
Stuff
Giving Offence
The Limerickiad
The Waste Land
Gulliver's Travels
Gimson's Prime Ministers
Carol Carnage: Malicious Mishearings of Your Yuletide Favourites
Pastrami Faced Racist
Byron to Baudelaire
The Limerickiad: From Gilgamesh to Shakespeare
Scenes from the lives of the great socialists
Imperial Exits
And Another Thing. . . the book of rants
The Sweet Smell of Psychosis
F*ck: The History of the World in 65 Unfortunate Incidents
Mug Shots: 60 Portraits of a Political Generation Drawn from the Life During the Course of the Subjects' Lunchtimes
The Nodland Express
Imperial Exits: Being an Account of the Varied and Violent Deaths of the Roman Emperors
Bedford Anthology of American Literature, 2nd Ed + Charlotte Temple
Stories for Our Children: The World in 2050
Manifesto
Martin Rowson Life story
Martin Rowson is a British editorial cartoonist and writer. His genre is political satire and his style is scathing and graphic. He characterises his work as "visual journalism". His cartoons appear frequently in The Guardian and the Daily Mirror.
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Guardian apologises over cartoon of BBC chairman Richard Sharp
... Martin Rowson, the artist who drew it, has also apologised, saying he was in a rush to create the artwork by a deadline and did not mean to offend or include any prejudicial undertones...
Guardian apologises over cartoon of BBC chairman Richard Sharp
By Sean SeddonBBC News
The Guardian has apologised after a cartoon depicting BBC chairman Richard Sharp was criticised as antisemitic.
The Image was published The Day after.
It depicted Mr Sharp, who is Jewish, with exaggerated features and carrying a puppet of Rishi Sunak .
One Jewish group said it " falls squarely into an antisemitic tradition".
Dave Rich, head of policy at the Community Security Trust (CST) charity, added that it was similar to other images which have depicted Jews " with outsized, grotesque features, often in conjunction with money and power".
Mr Rich, who has authored a book on antisemitism, said racist cartoons attacking Jewish People throughout history have depicted them with exaggerated features.
In a statement, a spokesperson for The Guardian said: " We understand the concerns that have been raised.
" This cartoon does not meet our editorial standards, and we have decided to remove it from our website.
" The Guardian apologises to Mr Sharp, to the Jewish community and to anyone offended. "
It has since been removed from the newspaper's website.
Stephen Pollard, editor-at-large of the Jewish Chronicle, criticised The Guardian for publishing it, saying he found it " genuinely shocking that not a single person looked at this and said 'no, we can't run this'. To me that's The Real issue. "
Tracy-Ann Oberman, an actress who has spoken out about anti-Jewish racism in The Past , said she did a " double-take" when she saw The Image .
Martin Rowson , The Artist who drew it, has also apologised, saying he was in a rush to create the artwork by a deadline and did not mean to offend or include any prejudicial undertones.
He described the cartoon as a failure on many levels, adding that he attended school with Mr Sharp and knew he was Jewish, but " his Jewishness never crossed my mind as I drew him".
In a lengthy statement, he wrote: " To work effectively, cartoons almost More Than any other part of journalism require eternal vigilance, against unconscious bias as well as things that should be obvious and in this case, unforgivably, I didn't even think about.
" There are sensitivities it is our obligation to respect in order to achieve our satirical purposes. "
Mr Sharp and The Bbc declined to comment.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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