My Old Friend Homer Zborowski John O' Donnell

John O' Donnell

(Picture) Peter Taylor and manager Brian Clough celebrate being crowned champions with a cuppa

it had been decided to issue a number of new coins

Lisa Kay says goodbye to Pip her pet white duck

This cartoon accompanies a poem of the same name in which Punch puts forward the view that an artisan of the future must needs learn a craft and develop skills that will stand him in good stead

My Old Friend Homer Zborowski John O' DonnellMy Old Friend Homer, 1872. Mr Gladstone, the Liberal Prime Minister, was known to read Homer regularly, and here, the ghost of the great man has come to ask Gladstone how he could allow his authority to be usurped by the masses. This relates to the outbreak of a number of strikes during the year. These included bakers, carpenters, the Metropolitan Police and London's gas workers. From Punch, or the London Charivari, December 14, 1872.