There's a page where Ernest reads in his trusty newspaper that they're going to legalise homosexuality.

Hay gente que a base de historias emotivas busca hacerte más mezquino, y luego hay gente como Raymond Briggs, que sin pretenderlo te limpian un poco el alma. As our memory of pre-Niketown Britain fades, we should be grateful that Raymond Briggs is so brilliantly equipped to remind us of what we used to be, and why.If they didn't sacrifice all that they did I would be living in a country where basic human rights are nonexistent and starving. Vanaf hun eerste toevallige ontmoeting in 1928, toen Ethel nog een dienstmeisje en Ernest melkboer was. If you loved this review or would like to check out other iconic graphic novels here is the link of where I am discovering these books. Ernest, five years younger, is an easygoing milkman with socialist ideals and an enthusiastic interest in current affairs and the latest technology.

The Tin-Pot Foreign General and the Old Iron Woman (1984) was a scathing denunciation of the Falklands War.First edition, first impression, signed and warmly inscribed by Raymond Briggs in the year of publication. Le roman d'une vie en bande dessinée : Ethel et Ernest vivent le grand amour, avec ses bonheurs et ses déchirures. Ethel and Ernest's life together began in the 1920's and ended in the 1970's (you'd have to be made of stone not to be moved by the ending). Ho provato molte emozioni diverse: mi sono divertita, mi sono affezionata a questa dolce e simpatica coppia, ho avuto paura con loro e per loro, e mi sono sentita terribilmente triste, quasi svuotata, quando tutto è finito.