Paul Rhodes
@parhodes
Not actually a Pussy-Owl.
The original model was a bit more basic, with "Little Oscar" sitting in the top.
Although it did set the scene for the battle of the tennis courts, after the War was over.
In "The Scourge of Soho" by Dick Kirby, the parrot appears (well, is left behind?) in a house move in 1988.
It's in Wiener Kochbuch by Louise Seleskowitz, 1883 (well, first edition 1879 but this is a copy of 1883 according to Internet Archive). It is a recipe for beef fillet wrapped in pastry, not some other thing with the same name. archive.org/details/bub_...
Have decided to become a fan of Victorian property developers. They don't even have a Christmas special to cancel and it's far too late to put them out to tender.
The killer argument - just one point from nearly two full columns of The Times' letters page, 20 Feb 1894.
Politics today may sometimes seem to be focusing away from the important issues, but in the 1890s the great and the good were laser focused on what actually mattered. Due to the Public Health Act of 1891, every local authority had to enforce adequate flushing. But how many gallons is adequate?
It's inevitable! Don't get left behind! (I'm not entirely sure, but I think it might be a kazoo?)
Looking at Jewell's other cartoons, they tended to be fairly simple topical and local references (at least, so far as I can spot) so my guess is there is not much deeper reading than "brain drain story"+"Daleks are suddenly hugely popular".
Claws of Axos original version, too. In the blue spine reprint of Kinda I think there are three representations of the Mara.
That's as an adjective (Victorian Era in 1839, Victorian architecture, Victorian English etc.). But as a noun, OED's earliest is 1876. And even then, do they mean all the Victorian people, or a specific group of poets?
Mind you, Black Angel did get billing, although short. And "Rio" here with K v K seems to be short, too.
Just a newspaper search - good place to find old cinema ads and TV listings. But I think the supporting shorts generally weren't advertised so no help there. Sometimes searches have surprising results, so here's Pat Roach getting his head shaved for Raiders!
Almost nothing happened - although there was a mission to Tehran by Western powers trying to negotiate movement of oil. (This report on the 12th, so "yesterday" the 11th).
The rollerblading "Whooooooooooah" ad was, of course, groundbreaking — but few realise how ahead of their time Bodyform were in targeting the still niche Minecrafter audience as early as 1981.