1981: A modern vicar
This vicar knows his parishioners well enough to find the right kind of analogy to help them to understand how to regulate the size of their family. Which way round is it? Is the condom like tax avoidance and celibacy like tax evasion? Or, is it the other way round? Alternatively, we can decide that family planning and tax planning are in no way similar and that it is futile to pretend that they are. It’s only a joke!
1981: Ablutions for the down and outs
There seem to have been plenty of cartoons about this section of society. The current epidemic of homeless people was still far in the future. The number can’t have been that small at the time since it led to frequent references like this.
What is actually going on here? Here is my suggestion. The empty box marked Harpic would presumably still retain a smell from its previous contents. The tramp currently sitting inside this box is behaving like a hotel guest hogging the communal bathroom. The others are impatiently waiting for their turn. One tramp is sitting inside the box marked Habitat.
Well, no – I don’t think it at all funny either.
1969: Architectural Competition
The joke is that the pharaoh has chosen the pyramid as his preferred tomb as against ornate designs that would take thousands of years to become available.
1982: Retirees in Hell
Past his best in Hell he is no longer one of the Seven Deadly Sins. As Nostalgia he has been relegated to the Second Division.
1986: Try anything once?
He seems to sound promising, or perhaps she isn’t fussy.
1977: Dress code?
As I remember it there was a tendency for accountants to embrace ‘with it’ clothing. The successful author clearly felt able to dress as he pleased. The tendency did not last long.
1972: Golfing in Scotland
McGregor lacks commitment. It rather looks as though his opponent has more than enough of that for the two of them. He looks poised to hit something other than the ball.
1972: Women’s Liberation Movement
Burning your bra coincided with the Women’s Liberation Movement going mainstream. As far as I know the two are no longer linked.
1981: Aftermath of divorce
Children do tend to re-enact what the adults are up to though probably not exactly as displayed here.
1981: Celebration
This scene is probably set in the Colosseum in Ancient Rome. The man with the wooden leg has presumably survived the man-eating lion having only lost a leg. And is stupid enough to be pleased that he will face another bout.
1981: Antarctic heroes
This cartoon does not follow the spirit of admiring heroic but unsuccessful journeys to the pole. We can see that the expedition was unsuccessful because one member is shown - dead – in the opening of the tent.
1982: Life before the invention…
Nobody did this of course. Many inventors find needs that had not existed previously.
Another case of technology robbing a man of a job 
1982: Two kinds of decadence
There is nothing stylish about Jocelyn’s decadence. The man standing seems to confirm the saying that money doesn’t buy you happiness but it lets you be miserable in comfort.
1982: Marine Biology
The ladies seem to admire the sailors without a thought about child support.
1982: The end of everything …
Wikipedia tells us that the expression is associated with ennui, cynicism and decadence. The artist has conjured up an appropriate image.
1981: Echoes of a bygone era
Mediaeval castles like this would certainly represent an attractive acquisition for the modern National Trust. However, it would now be a matter for lawyers, not soldiers, to affect a handover.
1981: The Pigs’ Revenge
In the Middle Ages court jesters mocked the king’s orb and sceptre with a stick and balloon made with a pig’s bladder.
The pigs in the scene are partly concealed in the bottom right of the picture.
Another excellent Mclachlan cartoon - I like his slightly sadistic humour. 
1981: He is going to regret ignoring her
This represents a fairly early instance of the women’s movement. Unfortunately, she will suffer as much as he will. from his attitude.
