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Somersault – real men use belt and braces

Thursday, March 31, 2011

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Slightly later this week but always worth waiting for, our weekly visit to the wonderfully weird world of Somersault, continuing the Real Men theme: (Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; you can see the larger version and all of the previous episodes  [...]

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Somersault – the lovely world of real men

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

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Continuing on from the previous Real Men segments, that charming and thoughtfully refined chap Mr Cowdry ponders the place of masculinity in the modern era of gender politics: (Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; you can see the larger version and all [...]

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Somersault – Real Men don’t run from a little fire

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

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Following on from last week’s Real Men tale and thinks are hotting up in Somersault… (Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; you can see the larger version and all of the previous episodes  archived here)

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Somersault – more real men

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

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There’s more than one type of ‘real’ man and not just the mighty slabs of meat from last week’s strip. Some real men, it transpires, have something of a slight resemblance to 60s superspy Jason King… (Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; [...]

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Somersault – Real Men!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

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Masculinity seems to be in flux and men are given frequently conflicting messages and images of what a ‘real’ man should be and how he should act. So here’s Somersault to add to the confusion… (Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; you [...]

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Somersault – earwigging conversations

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

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Oh we don’t mean to do it, do we? Listen in on other people’s conversations, I mean. At least, we wouldn’t admit to it, ’twas accidental, couldn’t help overhearing… Of course we all feel a little curious about them when we hear those conversational fragments and wonder what they were all about… (Somersault is (c) [...]

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Somersault – who ate all the (silent movie) pies?

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

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Why, ’twas Mr Charles Chaplin who ate all those pies. Just what happened to the Little Tramp when he started thinking it was more jolly fun to scoff all those cream pies rather than slap them into the faces of his silent movie comedy colleagues? Somersault shows us… (Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you [...]

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Somersault – I’ll name that tune in 2…

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

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If you get the cultural reference in the title to this week’s lyrical-based Somersault then you are showing your age! (Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; you can see the larger version and all of the previous episodes  archived here)

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Somersault – back to work with a helping hand

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

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As we get to the final part of the compliance centre strand you will doubtless be relieved to find out our plucky hero (who doesn’t keep at all well, you know), getting lots of support back into employment from the caring and understanding authorities: (Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any [...]

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Somersault – offering a fair incentive

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

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We often hear in the news that those trapped in long time unemployment need help getting out of the ‘benefit trap’, where a new but low paying job won’t offer enough to cover the most basic needs and they are better on benefits. In the land of Somersault this is doubly true; fortunate for us [...]

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Somersault – the helping hand to gainful employment

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

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There’s nothing like a caring, supportive hand from government when you have been ill and unemployed and really need it. Sadly in Somersault there is nothing like caring or supportive help… Thank goodness the real world isn’t like this, eh? (Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you [...]

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Somersault – fit for purpose

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

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First Somersault of the New Year, carrying on from the previous strip we’re still in the sinister Compliance Centre: (Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; you can see the larger version and all of the previous episodes  archived here)

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Somersault: the compliance centre part 2

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

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Continuing on from last week, the caring, understanding arms of big government reach out to help its more vulnerable citizens… (Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; you can see the larger version and all of the previous episodes  archived here)

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Somersault – the compliance centre

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

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Nothing like a visit to a government assessment centre to make you feel valued as a human being… (Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; you can see the larger version and all of the previous episodes  archived here)

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Somersault – more Uncle Paddy

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

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And the concluding part of Uncle Paddy’s guide to free rail travel: (Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; you can see the larger version and all of the previous episodes  archived here)

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