Martha Richler

Martha Richler
Born (1964-10-11) October 11, 1964 (age 59)
Known forCartoonist and radio presenter

Martha Richler (born October 11, 1964) is an artist and radio presenter. Working for the Evening Standard, she was the first woman to produce a daily cartoon at Associated Newspapers and for London-based newspapers known collectively as "Fleet Street". Her father is the writer Mordecai Richler and her mother is Florence Richler, who introduced her to art and music. Her pen-name, Marf, also her preferred name on-air. She hosts a late-night radio show called Night Train, for Radio Winchcombe in Gloucestershire, spotlighting female musicians in the UK. She is an ambassador for The F-List for Music, founded by Vick Bain, supporting female musicians across the UK. Martha Richler produced, wrote, and presented a series in 2022 called Inner Voices for Resonance FM, an innovative radio station supporting new and experimental music. She completed her MA in Radio Production at Birmingham City University, studying with the music documentary maker Sam J. Coley. She holds degrees from Harvard University, Columbia University, New York University, and The Johns Hopkins University, all in art history. She wrote the official guide to The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, before turning to cartooning. She discovered radio and the joys of presenting and researching music in lockdown, 2020, after the loss of her mother in January 2020, who also loved radio. Her cartoons and illustrations for work for the non-partisan UK website called PoliticalBetting.com.[1] and for The Week online, and her work is archived by the British Library and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Jewish Museum, London. Her work is featured in [2] and her radio shows are archived on Mixcloud.com.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Martha Richler", British Cartoon Archive, University of Kent, 21 March 2016
  2. ^ The inking woman: 250 years of women cartoon and comic artists in Britain. Streeten, Nicola., Tate, Cath, (London, England). Oxford: Myriad Editions. 2018. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-9955900-8-3. OCLC 1007312174.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)