Martha Richler

Martha Richler (born October 11, 1964) is a cartoonist, art historian, and radio presenter.

Richler's father was the writer Mordecai Richler and her mother was Florence Richler, who introduced her to art and music. Her pen-name, Marf, also her preferred name on-air. 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.

Richler wrote the official guide to The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, before turning to cartooning. Working for the Evening Standard, Richler was the first woman to produce a daily cartoon at Associated Newspapers and for London-based newspapers known collectively as "Fleet Street".

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. She hosts a late-night radio show called Night Train, for Radio Winchcombe in Gloucestershire, spotlighting female musicians in the UK. Richler is an ambassador for The F-List for Music, founded by Vick Bain, supporting female musicians across the UK. Richler produced, wrote, and presented a series in 2022 called Inner Voices for Resonance FM, an innovative radio station supporting new and experimental music.

Richler produces work for web sites, including cartoons and illustrations non-partisan UK website PoliticalBetting.com^[1] and for The Week online, and as an editorial cartoonist for The Jewish Chronicle.^[2] Her work has been archived by the British Library and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Jewish Museum, London and her radio shows are archived on Mixcloud.com.