Cartoons
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
I would like to direct their attention to cartoons. There was recently the first ever exhibition of cartoons which I may, by now. have missed.
A pity as it was something that I welcomed whole-heartedly. But I did find it mildly ironic that the exhibition was organised by a Government owned project with a guest speaker who is a major figure in the civil service.
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