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Free Thinking - Shakespeare in cartoons; Jess Phillips; Sidney Nolan's Australian legends.Free Thinking - Shakespeare in cartoons; Jess Phillips; Sidney Nolan's Australian legends.

Curator Rebecca Daniels on Sidney Nolan's paintings of Australian history. David Taylor on the use of Shakespearian characters in cartoons. Plus MP Jess Phillips on public life. Show more MP Jess ...

Bell said the cartoon was spiked after a phone call from the paper suggested it may reference Shakespeare's Shylock's "pound of flesh" line. He said it was inspired by a 60s cartoon of President ...