From the royal family to my kitchen sponge: Edith Pritchett’s week in Venn diagrams – cartoon

12 hours ago7 min read

Let’s be real, our brains are constantly trying to make sense of the chaos, and what better way to do that than with a good old Venn diagram? Edith Pritchett’s brilliant weekly cartoons have become this delightful little ritual for me, a moment where the absurd overlaps with the mundane in the most perfect circles. This week, she somehow managed to connect the intricate, stuffy drama of the royal family with the humble, slightly grimy existence of my kitchen sponge, and honestly, it’s a masterpiece of modern existentialism.Think about it: both are constantly in the public eye, in a way. My sponge sits there on the sink, witness to every spilled coffee and crumb-laden plate, just as the royals are perpetually on display, scrutinized for every handshake and hat.Both are expected to perform a function—one to cleanse, the other to reign—and both, frankly, have a limited shelf life before they need to be replaced or, in the sponge's case, tossed with a slight pang of guilt. It’s in that beautiful, overlapping center circle where Pritchett’s genius truly shines, finding the profound connection between institutions we deem sacred and the everyday objects we take for granted. It’s a reminder that life, in all its glorious mess, is just a series of interconnected circles, and sometimes the most poignant commentary comes not from a lengthy political analysis, but from a simple cartoon that makes you look at your sink and laugh.

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