Point of Order: Dr Bob Brockie - a remarkably rich life which he documented in a Memoir in Words, Cartoons and Sketches.

Point of Order reports with sadness the death of Bob Brockie, scientist, writer and cartoonist, who contributed his ideas to our editorial content and provided us with cartoons. PoO friend Karl du Fresne has given us permission to publish this article, which he wrote for The Listener in 2015.

BOB BROCKIE, scientist and cartoonist, has a 25-year work programme ahead of him. He has books to write, portraits to paint and pieces of music to compose. There’s just one small catch: Brockie is 82.

Bob Jones: Dr Bob Brockie

Above is a Bob Brockie cartoon. A life-long leftie, Dr Brockie, now 90 is outraged by the Labour government’s maori nonsense.