Hugh Hadfield

  • Butchered by a $500bn scam

    Butchered by a $500bn scam

    Entry for ‘Design and Economist cover’ about a ruthless and industrial scale scam

  • Florence Welch fights pain with a primal scream

    Florence Welch fights pain with a primal scream

    An illustration based on a music review of Florence & the Machine’s sixth album

  • Trump’s favourite zealot

    Trump’s favourite zealot

    Miller is the orchestrator of Trump’s policies and executive authority

  • What kind of change is coming to Iran?

    What kind of change is coming to Iran?

    Iran is at an inflection point. Once Ali Khamenei’s reign ends, which direction will it take?

  • Strapless

    Strapless

    The story of Madame X is full of artists, writers and celebrities situated at the height of the Belle Epoque period in 1880s Paris.

  • It’s Great Here!

    It’s Great Here!

    Welcome to Jaywick Sands. A village left behind. In 2019 ranked as the most deprived area in the UK.

  • Cultural figures

    Cultural figures

    A series of caricatures from paintings in the National Portrait Gallery, London

  • Peruvian travel journal

    Peruvian travel journal

    A series illustrations and screenprints for a travel journal based on drawings made during a two-week visit to Peru during May 2025.

  • People drawing people

    People drawing people

    Observational drawings of people drawing people at the Southbank Centre and Barbican Centre in London

  • Blooded

    Blooded

    Where the Master of Hounds would smear the blood of a fox onto the cheeks or forehead of a novice; usually a child.

  • Landscapes & locations

    Landscapes & locations

    Observational drawings of landscapes and locations.

  • Drawn from life

    Drawn from life

    Observational drawings of people and the places they inhabit.

  • 15-minute portraits

    15-minute portraits

    15-minutes – long enough to capture a good likeness without getting too precious.

  • 3-minute portraits

    3-minute portraits

    A collection of short gestural portrait drawings.

  • Portraits

    Portraits

    More detailed drawings.

  • Broken

    Broken

    Broken explores how health and social care services in England are failing the most vulnerable from a patient’s point of view. The story is autobiographical and describes a series of events that happened in 2022. It brings to life the state of public health and social care in England as it struggles to cope.

  • The rise of the Far Right in Europe

    The rise of the Far Right in Europe

    Since the end of the Second World War, political parties of all kinds have joined forces to keep the hard-right far from the levers of power. This is in a state of collapse with the rise of right-wing popularist parties across Europe.