Private Eye (Magazine) (1961-Present) (United Kingdom)
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1961
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
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Advertisements, c late 1980s-1992
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/5/3
Scope and Contents
A portfolio containing examples of advertisement posters and related material for external companies, which involved the services of Spitting Image Productions Limited. The following items are present:1. Two proofs for a Batchelors Slim a Soup advert, which features an photographic image of a Dame Edna Everage toby jug, c late 1980s. The jug was produced by SIPL (SI/1239 (b)).2. An advertisement for a printer, made by Canon, c late 1980s. The poster appears to be designed...
Dates:
Publication: c late 1980s-1992
Conditions Governing Access:
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Box of Miscellaneous Material, 1975 - 1984, c 2000s-c 2010s
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/8/2
Scope and Contents
A box containing the following miscellaneous items:1. A diary book for the year 1979, which is also accompanied by two smaller memo books, which document expenses for business trips to Amsterdam, Hamburg and Paris. The three items contain Roger Law's handwriting.2. A PS Promotion & Productions Luck & Flaw brochure, which has Clouded Tiger Card postcards stapled inside. The brochure has a message from Law, intended for a couple of former students he taught at Reed...
Dates:
1975 - 1984; c 2000s-c 2010s
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is restricted pending cataloguing. Researchers wishing to access the collection require permission from the Keeper of Archives and Modern Manuscripts and will need to sign a Data Release form. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Event Invitations, 1985
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/12/3
Scope and Contents
A file containing invitations to two events, both of which took place in 1985, received by Roger Law. The first is for a 10-year anniversary event for the defunct British women's magazine, Nova, which ceased in 1975. Law is invited to attend a party on Wednesday 31 July, at The Groucho Club in London. The front side of the invite has a drawing by the cartoonist, Melville Calman. The second invitation is for an event hosted by publisher, André Deutsch, and...
Dates:
1985
Conditions Governing Access:
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General Correspondence, 1975 - 1983
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/7
Scope and Contents
A box containing a bundle of letters, received by Roger Law and Peter Fluck, as part of their professional activities as the partnership, Luck & Flaw. There are also a few copies of letters sent by the partnership. The letters in 1975 straddle the line between Law working by himself and collaborating with Fluck. The years 1982 and 1983 are also a transitional period, when the partnership's activities morph into the wider work of Spitting Image Productions Limited.The topics...
Dates:
1975 - 1983
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is restricted pending cataloguing. Researchers wishing to access the collection require permission from the Keeper of Archives and Modern Manuscripts and will need to sign a Data Release form. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Miscellaneous Magazines, 1961 - 1974
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/2/1/18
Scope and Contents
A box containing issues of various publications, along with proofs and tearsheets from other outlets, all of which feature illustrations by Roger Law. The following items are present:1. March-April 1972 (Vol. 2 No. 2) issue of the American literary journal, Audience, which features a plasticine model illustration on pages 38-39 (RL/Pre-/939). 2. November 1973 issue of the Dutch magazine, Avenue, which features a...
Dates:
Publication: 1961 - 1974
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Sub-Fonds:
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Miscellaneous Magazines with Commissioned Work, 1975 - 1982
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/3/12
Scope and Contents
A box containing a variety of British and international magazines, along with tearsheets, which feature plasticine model illustrations by Luck & Flaw.The following are present:1. Issue November-December 1975 of the magazine, Drive, published by the British motoring association, The AA. Pages 16 to 22 feature illustrations that accompany an article about the MOT test. The photographic image was taken by Bob Cramp (L+F/90 (a)-(b)).2....
Dates:
Publication: 1975 - 1982
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is restricted pending cataloguing. Researchers wishing to access the collection require permission from the Keeper of Archives and Modern Manuscripts and will need to sign a Data Release form. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Roger Law Archive
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Luck & Flaw
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Published Material
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Magazines
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Newspaper Cuttings, 1976 - 1986
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/4/2
Scope and Contents
Two files containing cuttings from newspapers, along with some from magazines, which either feature Luck & Flaw illustrations or other items relating to the partnership's work. The first file holds loose clippings from the following publications, but not limited to: Eastern Daily Press, Evening Gazette, Graphics World, Now!, Private Eye, ...
Dates:
Publication: 1976 - 1986
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is restricted pending cataloguing. Researchers wishing to access the collection require permission from the Keeper of Archives and Modern Manuscripts and will need to sign a Data Release form. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Roger Law Archive
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Luck & Flaw
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Published Material
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Newspapers
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Private Eye, 1986 - 1987, 1992
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/5/2/5
Scope and Contents
Four issues of the British satirical and current affairs magazine, Private Eye. The following issues are present:1. Christmas 1986 (No. 652) - the front cover features a plasticine model, dressed in Christmas attire. There is also an advertisement for the Spitting Image album, Spit in Your Ears, on page 31.2. Friday 10 July 1987 (No. 667) - page 17 bears a black and white photograph of a...
Dates:
Publication: 1986 - 1987; Publication: 1992
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Fonds:
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Private Eye Posters, 1981
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/2/3
Scope and Contents
A visifile containing multiple copies of five posters for the British satirical and cultural affairs magazine, Private Eye, which feature Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations. These posters both advertised the publication and were available on sale to the general public. The illustrations contain representations of the following: British journalist, Nigel Dempster, also known as Grovel (L+F/86); the magazine's parody of a far-left political activist, Dave...
Dates:
Publication: 1981
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is restricted pending cataloguing. Researchers wishing to access the collection require permission from the Keeper of Archives and Modern Manuscripts and will need to sign a Data Release form. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Roger Law Archive
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Luck & Flaw
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Published Material
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Advertisements
Item
Richard Ingrams Toby Jug, 1982
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/4/1/6
Scope and Contents
A 'Lord Gnome' toby jug in the shape of Richard Ingrams, editor of the satirical magazine, Private Eye. This jug was produced as a piece of limited edition merchandise for the publication's 21st anniversary. The item was modelled by Luck & Flaw, and manufactured by Audley Porcelain.
Dates:
1982
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is restricted pending cataloguing. Researchers wishing to access the collection require permission from the Keeper of Archives and Modern Manuscripts and will need to sign a Data Release form. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
Rupert Murdoch Model, 1987
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/2/3
Scope and Contents
A Rupert Murdoch 'Pissing on Britain' model (SI/925), made by the Spitting Image Workshop. This model featured in a black and white photograph, taken by John Lawrence Jones, which was published in issue 667 (10 July 1987) of the British satirical magazine, Private Eye (SI/926).
Dates:
1987
Conditions Governing Access:
Restricted. This item is currently unfit for production. Please contact repository.
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Transparencies, 1975 - 1983
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/3/2
Scope and Contents
Four boxes containing an assortment of 63mm x 63mm and 126mm x 120mm photographic transparencies, along with 35mm slides, which feature images of Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations that were published in various magazines, newspapers and other mediums. The contents of the four boxes are in alphabetical order, based on the subject(s) of the illustrations or the title of the work, and are split into the following: A to C, D to G, H to R, and S to W. The final box also has three...
Dates:
1975 - 1983
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the collection is restricted pending cataloguing. Researchers wishing to access the collection require permission from the Keeper of Archives and Modern Manuscripts and will need to sign a Data Release form. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).