Matt Pritchett

Matthew Pritchett MBE (born 14 July 1964) is a British cartoonist who has worked on The Daily Telegraph newspaper under the pen name Matt since 1988.

Early life and education Pritchett's father Oliver Pritchett was a columnist for The Daily Telegraph for several decades; his paternal grandfather was the writer V. S. Pritchett.

Pritchett attended a grammar school in south-east London before studying graphics at Saint Martin's School of Art. He started working as a waiter in a pizza restaurant, while drawing cartoons in his spare time. His first cartoon was published in the New Statesman, and he then started drawing cartoons for The Daily Telegraph diary. His work has also been published in Punch.

Honours Pritchett won the British Press Awards' "Cartoonist of the Year" in 2000, 2008, 2009, and 2019, and has been a nominee many other times. He won "The Journalists' Charity Award" at the 2014 Press Awards.

He was appointed an MBE in the 2002 New Year Honours "for services to Journalism", and in 2005, Press Gazette inducted him into their Hall of Fame as one of the 40 most influential journalists of the past four decades.

Personal life Pritchett is married to Pascale Smets, a Belgian former fashion designer. They met whilst studying at Saint Martin's, and have three daughters and a son together, including The Guardian cartoonist Edith Pritchett. His wife's sister, Benedicte, is married to Martin Newland, a former editor of The Daily Telegraph.

Published works