It’s 25 years since Annie Tempest first dreamt up the cheering and perspicacious Tottering-by-Gently cartoon strip that graces the back page of Country Life and, with its regular doses of common sense and wisdom, has become a much-loved feature over a quarter of a century.
Here, we reproduce 10 of Annie’s best loved works featuring Dicky, Daffy, their extended family and, most popular of all, their dogs, Slobber and Scribble.
This article was originally run in conjunction with a competition offering a chance to win a weekend house party for 12 people at Annie Tempest's family home, Broughton Hall. The competition closed on March 28. If you want even more of Annie's cartoons, you can pay a visit to tottering.com.
Food and diet. Daffy has a special relationship with her figure
The Dog Rules. Who can resist?
The Totterings know how to throw a party
Daffy joins in with a serious discussion on guns
The waters get choppy
Marriage guidance, Tottering-style
Mars and Venus mow the lawn
Daffy's logic
Dicky's idea of tact
The male and female characters: all you need to know about the sexes
Annie Tempest: 'Tottering-by-Gently doesn't depend on jokes... Anything too clever doesn't work'
Annie Tempest has been drawing Tottering-by-Gently cartoon in Country Life for 25 years. She spoke to Clive Aslet – the
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