Ben Jones

'Behind the Times' monthly column

'ASEAN', the Association of Southeast Asian Nations which was founded to promote peace but is increasingly thought to be ineffective

Filmed interview with Heart

'Behind the Times' monthly column

The positives and negatives of public statues

'Humanitarianism in war'

Did making the rules of war better, make the world worse?

'Behind the Times' monthly column

'Britain’s Forgotten Citizens', What did it mean to be black and British in the Caribbean in the 20th century?

The world’s biggest colonial power, the British Empire, prided itself on being a liberal democracy, but that was part of the problem?

Book review of Now We Shall Be Entirely Free by Andrew Miller

'Perspectives on human remains'

Delving into the moral and ethical arguments that surround the highly sensitive issue of human remains held in museum collections

'Watching the Detectives'

After 2020's protests, eyes turned to city budgets to see if financial audits change policing

Book review of 'Fluke' by the social scientist Brian Klaas who argues in his book that clear explanations may not always be possible and instead chaos needs to be embraced

'The Museum of Witchcraft'

Fully illustrated book containing over 100 artworks each accompanying information about the artefacts and symbolism of witchcraft and the occult. The book is written by historian and Oxford University Fellow, Diane Purkiss

Book review of How States Think: The Rationality of Foreign Policy by John Mearsheimer and Sebastian Rosato

Reviewer, Keren Yarhi-Milo, looks at why smart leaders do stupid things

Book cover artwork for Éditions Gallimard's edition of La Phénoménologie de l 'esprit by G.W.F. Hegel

First published in 1807 the text examines the dynamics of human experience from its simplest beginnings in consciousness through its development into more complex and self-conscious forms

'Behind the Times' monthly column

'How China's Communist Party is Closing China' illustrating an article about China's desire for greater social control, even at the cost of incoming investment

'Year of the Cockerel'

Chinese New Year campaign for Hermès 

'Year of the Cockerel' Hóngbāo

Traditional lucky red envelopes used for gifting during the Chinese New Year

'Year of the Cockerel'

Original drawings of the Chinese animal zodiac used in the Hermès New Year campaign, animation and envelopes

Personal work related to Ottessa Moshfegh' novel My Year in Rest and Relaxation

Medieval medicine

'Behind the Times' monthly column

'Interrail: The Trans Europe Express', Interrail gave young Europeans the freedom of the continent in the 1970s. Five decades on, people are still taking the train

Tshirts for British streetwear brand, Hikeadelic

The collection's theme, 'Down to Earth', celebrates the concept of coming together to create a better future for all. The design acts as a rallying call for the 'Right to Roam' movement, a campaign to grant the general public access to certain public or privately owned land, lakes and rivers for recreation and exercise

Tshirts for British streetwear brand, Hikeadelic

The collection's theme, 'Down to Earth', celebrates the concept of coming together to create a better future for all. The design acts as a rallying call for the 'Right to Roam' movement, a campaign to grant the general public access to certain public or privately owned land, lakes and rivers for recreation and exercise

Artwork for British streetwear brand, Hikeadelic

The collection's theme, 'Down to Earth', celebrates the concept of coming together to create a better future for all. The design acts as a rallying call for the 'Right to Roam' movement, a campaign to grant the general public access to certain public or privately owned land, lakes and rivers for recreation and exercise

Logo design for the independent small publishing house based in Detroit, publisher of printed projects that "mingle mordant amusement with enthusiastic despair"

Cover artwork for an special report on ESG and sustainable investmentsin relation to the role of the EU in setting standards and ethics in finance

Cover artwork for an IPE special report about whether companies are allowing investors to see the information they need on environmental and social issues

Cover artwork in a series of twelve monthly cover commissions for The Lancet 'Gastroenterology & Hepatology' medical journal 

Cover artwork in a series of twelve monthly cover commissions for The Lancet 'Gastroenterology & Hepatology' medical journal 

Cover artwork in a series of twelve monthly cover commissions for The Lancet 'Diabetes & Endocrinology' medical journal 

Cover artwork in a series of twelve monthly cover commissions for The Lancet 'Diabetes &Endiocrinology' medical journal 

Cover artwork in a series of twelve monthly cover commissions for The Lancet Diabetes & Endiocrinology' medical journal 

Cover artwork in a series of twelve monthly cover commissions for The Lancet 'Diabetes & Endiocrinology' medical journal 

'Reading the Room'

Examing practices for teaching reading to students with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Poster for a Midsummer Night's Dream

Self published comic for COP, United Nations Climate Change Conference

'The Assylum King'

Graham King is the majority shareholder of Clearsprings, one of the largest hotel operators in the UK and the biggest provider of asylum seeker accommodation, heavily criticised by those housed in his hotels for mistreatment including racist abuse and physical assault

Created in collaboration with Heart as a gift to clients. East Artist was given a perforation grid specifically designed for them and were asked to create an artwork that either worked within the grid, or interacted with it. 

The sheets were pinhole perforated and printed 5.5" x 8.5" in a print run of 100 by The Portland Stamp Company

'Two Weeks of Chaos: Inside Elon Musk's Takeover of Twitter'

An account of immediate layoffs, executives fired by email and impossible demands for product deadlines

Book cover for The Metamorphosis

Endpaper designs from a fully illustrated edition ofThe Metamorphosis

'Behind the Times' monthly column

'Pandemics Now and Then' article about the inevitability of becoming vunerable to certain diseases given the mass expansion of the human population and our exploitation of the globe

Series of artworks about mythical beasts

Series of artworks about mythical beasts

Series of artworks about mythical beasts

Series of artworks about mythical beasts

Series of artworks about mythical beasts

For an article about a tiger serial killer

Artwork for the Éditions Gallimard 'Folio Essais' cover of L'esthétisation du monde, by Gilles Lipovetsky and Jean Serroy

The book examines the aesthetisation of the world, defining the global system in which we live as 'artistic capitalism. The avant-gardes, the experimentation, the artistic activities, unlike the past, are now integrated into the production system

Artwork for the Éditions Gallimard 'Folio Essais' cover for Franz Kafka, a biography written by his friend and executor, Max Brod

Illustrated edition of A Clockwork Orange - cover, slipcase and seven internal full page artworks

A short video about the project including an interview with Ben Jones, can be watched here

Illustrated edition of A Clockwork Orange - cover, slipcase and seven internal full page artworks

Illustrated edition of A Clockwork Orange - cover, slipcase and seven internal full page artworks

Illustrated edition of A Clockwork Orange - cover, slipcase and seven internal full page artworks

'Behind the Times' monthly column

'Reforming England’s Divorce Law', Artwork for History Today about the panic prompted by divorce laws reforms

'Behind the Times' monthly column

Asylum seekers in Mexico

'Why is Biden Struggling? Because America is Broken'

Illustrating an Opinion guest essay looking at the long standing dissatisfaction of the American people over the last 20 years

'What a Witch Hunt Really Looks Like'

The story of Thomas Brattle, the first person to speak out against the biggest witch hunt in America's history, in 1692, in Salem, Massachusetts

Icarus, the fall

A series of artworks about protest

A series of artworks about protest

A series of artworks about protest

Cover artwork for the tech company Arm

Arm's technology can be found in a huge variety of things, from biogenetics to spacecraft

Oxytocin

For an article about demonstrations against the far-right

Illustrated edition of The Simple Art of Murder by Raymond Chandler

Illustrated edition of The Simple Art of Murder by Raymond Chandler

Illustrated edition of The Simple Art of Murder by Raymond Chandler

Illustrated edition of The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad

Cover, slipcase and seven internal full page artworks

Illustrated edition of The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad

Cover, slipcase and seven internal full page artworks

Illustrated edition of The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad

Cover, slipcase and seven internal full page artworks

Book cover for The Hideout, by Egon Hostovsky 

The novel is the story of a Czech engineer in Paris, and the events that follow over the following years of World War II

'Who Are 'We The People'?'

Illustrating an article about the dichotomy of who qualifies for basic human rights. The Supreme Court oscillates between a vision limiting rights to preferred groups and another granting rights to all who require protection

Book review of High Dive by Jonathan Lee

The novel is tells the story of the attempted assassination of Margaret Thatcher by the IRA in 1984, from the perspective of three very different protagonists

'The techno-independence movement'

Illustrating an article about China's desire to insulate itself against Western sanctions

'What Will Happen if Doctors Defy the Law to Provide Abortions?'

An Opinion Guest Essay about many clinicians risking their careers and freedom to provide abortion care. Providers who illegally terminate a pregnancy face punishments that range from a suspension on practicing medicine to a $100,000 fine to a life sentence in prison

A poisonous snake that was packaged and posted to an inmate in prison

From the regular column 'Old News' which features unusual and bizarre stories from throughout history

Victorian crooks who trained dogs to steal expensive umbrellas

From the regular column 'Old News' which features unusual and bizarre stories from throughout history

Cyber Crime