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Rupert Besley

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Rupert Besley is a British illustrator working since 1980, best known for nearly 400 postcard illustrations for J. Arthur Dixon and later John Hinde.[1][2][3] He also illustrated cartoon panels for Isle of Wight County Press.[4]

Bibliography

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  • Besley's Britain ISBN 0285626450[5]
  • Scotland for Beginners ISBN 1897784007[6]
  • Isle of Skye for Beginners ISBN 1897784767[7]
  • Ireland for Beginners, Or, Get Lost in Ireland, 1994
  • 'Haud Yer Wheesht!': Your Scottish Granny's Favourite Sayings 1997
  • Whaur's Yer Wullie Shakespeare Noo?': Scotland's Millennium Souvenir 1999
  • 'Ye Cannae Shove Yer Granny Aff a Bus!': Scots Grandchildren on Their Grannies, 1999
  • Dead Jammy!: The Life and Deaths of Glasgow Undertaker Jammy Stewart, 2004
  • Scotland for Beginners: 1314 An' A' That 2007
  • Terribly English: A Guide for Baffled Natives and Bookish Visitors 2012
  • You Know You Are a Dog Lover..., 2013
  • The Cannae Sutra: The Scots 'Joy of Sex' 2017
  • Awa' an' Bile Yer Heid!: Scottish Curses and Insults, 2017

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "About me". www.besleycartoons.com.
  2. ^ Besley's Britain : your good holiday guide. Souvenir. 1984. ISBN 0285626450.
  3. ^ "Besley postcards - postcard.co.uk". postcard.co.uk.
  4. ^ "LETTER: We all miss Besley cartoon". Isle of Wight County Press.
  5. ^ Besley, Rupert (1984). Besley's Britain : your good holiday guide. London: Souvenir. ISBN 0285626450.
  6. ^ Besley, Rupert (1990). Scotland for beginners : Bannockburn an' a' that. Glasgow, Scotland: Neil Wilson. ISBN 1897784007.
  7. ^ Skye for beginners (Abridged version ed.). Glasgow: Neil Wilson. 1999. ISBN 1897784767.
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