Halloween takes center stage on The Guardian’s Opinion page dated 24 October 2026, with a Saturday Opinion cartoon by Becky Barnicoat focused on scary outfits. The entry, titled “Becky Barnicoat on scary outfits for Halloween – cartoon,” was published on Sat 24 Oct 2026 11.00 BST and last modified on Sat 24 Oct 2026 11.11 BST.
The cartoon sits among a broad group of Opinion entries, giving the page a mix of Halloween, politics, social questions, culture and recorded discussion. Its placement under “Saturday Opinion cartoon” makes the Halloween item part of the page’s wider editorial line-up rather than a separate Halloween-only feature.
Becky Barnicoat’s Halloween cartoon
Becky Barnicoat is credited as the creator and author of “Becky Barnicoat on scary outfits for Halloween – cartoon.” The title places scary outfits at the heart of the item, while the date and modification time mark it as a specific Saturday Opinion publication from 24 October 2026.
The same Halloween focus also appears in a separate Guardian article by Lucy Pavia. Titled “‘It’s the last Halloween of my 30s and I want to show off my bod’: your favourite DIY costumes,” the article is about Halloween and was published on Mon 19 Oct 2026 16.00 CEST.
Together, the cartoon and the DIY costumes article give the October 2026 coverage two different formats. Barnicoat’s item is listed as a cartoon, while Pavia’s article is presented as a feature about favourite DIY costumes. The available details connect both items through Halloween without describing the artwork or the individual costumes.
A wider Opinion page
The Opinion page, titled “Opinion | The Guardian,” includes several entries dated 24 October 2026. Alongside the Saturday Opinion cartoon, it lists “The Week in Patriarchy” by Arwa Mahdawi and “Fine ‘headphone dodgers’ if you will, but to really tackle antisocial behaviour, Britain should look to Japan” by Emily Bratt.
It also includes “What essentials to keep, what rubbish to get rid of? Burnham, Badenoch, Farage don’t know either” by Robert Hutton. Another entry is “Culture is stagnant, so politics is stuck” – playwright James Graham | Radical Thinking – podcast. The page includes a “Podcast 47:28” entry as well.
The remaining listed Opinion items cover events, politics and society. “At Aberfan, I saw fathers digging for their missing children. And the lessons society should have learned, it hasn’t” is by John Humphrys, while “As Trump’s time runs out, this could be his most dangerous legacy: a world divided into three” is by Steve Bloomfield.
That range places Barnicoat’s Halloween cartoon beside written columns, a podcast entry and political commentary. The page therefore brings together several forms of opinion content under one date, with the Halloween cartoon providing the clearest seasonal entry.
Another political cartoon from October
The Guardian also published “Nicola Jennings on Trump’s new White House press secretary – cartoon.” The item is attributed to Nicola Jennings and carries the date Sun 18 Oct 2026 12.28 EDT. Its last modified date is Sun 18 Oct 2026 16.38 EDT.
Jennings’s cartoon and Barnicoat’s cartoon share the same publication format, but their titles point to different subjects. Barnicoat’s entry concerns scary outfits for Halloween, while Jennings’s concerns Trump’s new White House press secretary. The two items were published on different October dates and carry separate modification times.
The dates also show how the October 2026 Opinion material is organized across the month. The Nicola Jennings cartoon is dated 18 October 2026, the Lucy Pavia Halloween article is dated 19 October 2026, and the Becky Barnicoat cartoon appears on 24 October 2026.
Video material and the Halloween page
A BBC page dated 18 October 2026 includes the text “To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.” It also includes the message “This video can not be played” and the figure caption “TABBY & MARK.” These details appear as part of the BBC page content connected with that date.
Across the listed October material, Halloween appears in Barnicoat’s cartoon and Pavia’s DIY costumes article, while the wider Opinion page includes political, cultural and social subjects. The result is a collection that moves from scary outfits and handmade costumes to cartoons, written opinion, podcasts and video page content.
Based on
- Becky Barnicoat on scary outfits for Halloween – cartoon — theguardian.com
- Nicola Jennings on Trump’s new White House press secretary – cartoon | Nicola Jennings | The Guardian — theguardian.com
- Opinion | The Guardian — theguardian.com
- ‘It’s the last Halloween of my 30s and I want to show off my bod’: your favourite DIY costumes | Halloween | The Guardian — theguardian.com
- – BBC — bbc.com
