At The Big Draw, Covent Garden (Pic: John Stilgoe) Born in Catterick, North Yorkshire, in 1968, Royston Robertson has been drawing cartoons for about as long as he can remember. At the age of seven, he wrote to the TV show Jim'll Fix It to ask if he could edit the Beano for a day. Jim never fixed it. Between school and university, instead of going to work on a kibbutz, Royston ran the comic DoodleBug with a group of friends. Part fanzine, part Viz, it built up a strong following in the North East. After university, Royston trained as a journalist, giving in to the "get a proper job" hype, and eventually worked for five years as a sub-editor at The Times. But all the time he kept drawing and selling gag cartoons and he gave up the day job in 2004. He has been published in Private Eye, Reader's Digest, The Spectator, Prospect, New Statesman, The Oldie and many other publications throughout the world. He has also drawn cartoons for Oxford University Press, Children's BBC and Scholastic Children's Books. Royston Robertson is now based in Broadstairs, Kent. Jimmy Savile has still not replied to his letter. NOTE: The potted life story above appeared on the wall when I took part in an exhibition of original artwork by several British cartoonists at the Chris Beetles Gallery in London.