‘Boris was cartoon gold’: the UK’s top cartoonists on drawing Boris Johnson
Ten leading cartoonists revisit their most memorable sketch of the outgoing PM, and reveal what lies in store for his successor
August 2021
Rupert bare: how the Oz obscenity trial inspired a generation of protest art
When a lewd cartoon of Rupert Bear landed the editors of the 60s counterculture paper in court, David Hockney, John Lennon, Robert Crumb and more made some of their most urgent art in response
November 2020
On my radar
On my radar: Ralph Steadman's cultural highlights
Ralph Steadman: 'We're really living in a hell of a year, aren't we?'
July 2019
From the Observer archive
From the archive: Ralph Steadman covers the Tory party conference
It’s October 1985, and the cartoonist captures Tory leaders in a series of photographic ‘Paranoids’. By Chris Hall
November 2018
Ralph Steadman: 'Trump is a lout. He's a godawful disgrace to humanity'
The outspoken gonzo illustrator talks about his friendship with Hunter S Thompson, his thoughts on the state of politics and shares an exclusive Brexit poem
September 2015
Do Something creative
The DIY Q&A: Ralph Steadman
‘I painted The Last Supper on my bedroom wall’
July 2015
The Guardian Books podcast
Ralph Steadman, Ceri Levy and poems about climate change – books podcast
Ralph Steadman's birds on the edge of extinction – in pictures
June 2014
Andrew Collins: telly addict
Happy Valley; Amber; A Very British Airline; Dinner at 11 and For No Reason: TV review – video
For No Good Reason review – a vivid portrait of Ralph Steadman
May 2014
For No Good Reason review – Ralph Steadman profile, Johnny Depp in tow
The wildly energetic illustrator is barely contained in Charlie Paul's crazy-busy doc, writes Mike McCahill
Ralph Steadman: 'Why was I so vicious? Was I unfair?'
Propelled by drugs and egged on by the god of gonzo Hunter S Thompson, Ralph Steadman brought a savage hooliganism to the sedate world of drawing – and high-society America. Did he go too far? Alexis Petridis meets him in his studio
Ralph Steadman, Chantal Akerman: this week's new film events
Ralph Steadman: For No Good Reason | London Turkish Film Festival | Hellfire Video Club | Chantal Akerman
January 2014
Tom Eckersley's greatest posters – in pictures
Tom Eckersley was an influential figure in modern graphic design. To mark the centenary of his birth, here are some of his best designs
January 2013
George Orwell by Ralph Steadman – in pictures
In 1996, Ralph Steadman produced an illustrated version of George Orwell's Animal Farm. Here are some of the illustrator's sketches of the author
October 2011
Ghosts of Gone Birds - in pictures
Birds driven to extinction centuries ago, are being brought to life again by artists such as Sir Peter Blake, Jamie Hewlett and Ralph Steadman for a London exhibition
January 2009
People
People
Maev Kennedy
Maev Kennedy: Ralph Steadman is suffering swivel-eyed spasms of rage since somebody swiped his fax from Hunter S Thompson
December 2008
Gonzo's back!
Welsh artist Ralph Steadman was Hunter S Thompson's partner in crime. 'I hit the bullseye!' he tells Damon Wise
July 2008
Rogue's Gallery
Barbican, London Original collaborations in event produced by Hal Wilner
