http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/martin_rowson en http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/07/communist-jokes-lewis http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/07/communist-jokes-lewis Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:29:43 GMT Martin Rowson Hammer and Tickle: a History of Communism Told Through Communist Jokes Ben Lewis Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 368pp, £14.99

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200601230034 http://www.newstatesman.com/200601230034 Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:00:00 GMT Martin Rowson For 300 years, cartoonists have immortalised politicians' every quirk, stupidity and physical defect. In return they have been persecuted and even assassinated. But beneath the hatred lies a tawdry, twisted love affair

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