Originally published by L.S. Media. January 5th 2012.
Probably best known as the creator of the St. Trinian’s School drawings, the artist Ronald Searle passed away on December 30thaged 91.
Born in Cambridge in 1920, Mr. Searle, like many of his generation, found his studies suspended at the outbreak of war and found himself stationed in Singapore. After a month of fighting against the Japanese in Malaya, Singapore fell and Ronald Searle was captured and held as a prisoner of war.