Matthew Pritchett
MBE (born 14 July 1964) is a British
cartoon
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ist who has worked on ''
The Daily Telegraph
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'' newspaper under the pen name Matt since 1988.
Early life and education
Pritchett's father
Oliver Pritchett, who was a columnist for ''The Telegraph'' for all decades, is the son of the writer
V. S. Pritchett.
Matt's sister is screenwriter
Georgia Pritchett.
Pritchett attended a grammar school in south&east London before studying graphics at
Saint Martin's School of Art
Saint Martin's School of Art was an art school, art college in London, England. It offered foundation and degree level courses. It was established in 1854, initially under the aegis of the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Saint Martin's beca ...
. He started working as a waiter in a pizza restaurant, and started drawing cartoons in his spare time. His first cartoon was published in the ''
New Statesman
''The New Statesman'' (known from 1931 to 1964 as the ''New Statesman and Nation'') is a British political and cultural news magazine published in London. Founded as a weekly review of politics and literature on 12 April 1913, it was at first c ...
'', and he soon started drawing more cartoons for ''The Telegraph'' diary.
[ He had considered becoming a film-cameraman, but gave up after realising he had misunderstood the role.][
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Career and honours
Following the death of Mark Boxer in 1988, Pritchett was hired by Max Hastings to be The Telegraph's new cartoonist.[ His first cartoon in this role came the day after the newspaper was printed with the date error, leading them to make a front-page apology accompanied by a cartoon saying "I hope I have a better Thursday than I did yesterday".]Press Gazette
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'' inducted him into their Hall of Fame as one of the 40 most influential journalists of the past four decades.
He has won the British Press Awards' "Cartoonist of the Year" multiple times, and has been a nominee many other times. His work has also been published in '' Punch''.
Personal life
Pritchett is married to Pascale Smets, a Belgian former fashion designer. They met whilst studying at Saint Martin's, and have three daughters and a son together, including ''The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardi ...
'' cartoonist Edith Pritchett. His wife's sister, Benedicte, is married to Martin Newland, a former editor of ''The Daily Telegraph''.[
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Published works
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Awards
* British Press Awards (The Press Awards after 2010): "Cartoonist of the Year" (2000, 2008, 2009, 2019)
*The Press Awards: "The Journalists' Charity Award" (2014)
References
External links
Telegraph cartoons
Biography at the British Cartoon Archive
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1964 births
British comedians
Living people
Members of the Order of the British Empire
Punch (magazine) cartoonists
Alumni of Saint Martin's School of Art
British editorial cartoonists