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Jonathan Pugh first studied law which presented him with hours of doodling practice. After a brief stint as an art teacher, he began his career as a freelance cartoonist in 1987.

In 1995 he was made the Times Diary cartoonist and in January 1996 he was promoted to the front page on a two week trial and has remained their daily pocket cartoonist ever since.

He was voted the Cartoon Art Trust Pocket Cartoonist of the Year in 1998, 2000, 2001 and 2007 and was the British Press Awards Cartoonist of the Year in 2001.

His work appears weekly in Country Life and The Tablet. As well as illustrating several books his work has also appeared in The Guardian, The Independent , The Observer, Private Eye and The Spectator.

He has had work commissioned by many
private clients including Barclays, Visa,
Direct Line and Pirelli.