Last week’s recent heavy snow across the UK caused transport systems and schools to close, forcing working parents to take time off. My daughter was off school virtually the whole of last week, but as I work at home now it’s been business as usual. I was illustrating to a soundtrack of children’s TV, punctuated with a steady stream of demands beginning with a full throated “DADDY!” and ending with “can I watch a DVD?” or “sweeties …… please?”. I’d much rather daughter did som

Here’s the view as I write across Queen’s Park. School is cancelled for my daughter. No amount of urging on my part can persuade her to brave the elements outside, though if you look carefully some intrepid souls in the park are hard at work building snowmen. #snow #weather