Steel, David Martin Scott, b 1938 (Baron Steel of Aikwood, Politician)
Person
Dates
- Existence: b 1938
Places
- United Kingdom (nation) (Associated Country)
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
File
Caricatures Portfolio 2, c 1984-c 1996
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/2/1/3/2
Scope and Contents
A portfolio containing caricature drawings, mostly on detail paper, produced by the Spitting Image Workshop, as part of their work for the British satirical television series, Spitting Image. The contents of this portfolio cover British male political figures.There is also a small amount of drawings of British male political figures that are connected to other Spitting Image Production Limited activities.Most drawings are labelled with their...
Dates:
c 1984-c 1996
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Sub-Series
Dog Chew Toys, 1985 - 1987
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/6
Scope and Contents
Six 'Pet Hates' dog chew vinyl toys, designed by Spitting Image Productions Limited and manufactured by Armitage Brothers plc (SI/465-469). The dog chews are modelled in the likeness of the following politicians, and their accompanying number corresponds to their item reference number within this sub-series: 1. Margaret Thatcher2. Ronald Reagan; in its original packaging3. Neil Kinnock, dressed as a clown4. Neil Kinnock, dressed as a clown;...
Dates:
1985 - 1987
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Dog Chew Toys, c 1986-c 1987
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/6/3
Scope and Contents
A file holding sheets of black and white contacts prints, and strips of 63mm colour transparencies, which hold publicity images for Spitting Image Productions Limited's 'Pet Hates' dog chew toys (SI/463-469). There are images of dog chews in the likeness of the following politicians: Mikhail Gorbachev, Neil Kinnock, David Owen with David Steel, Ronald Reagan, and Margaret Thatcher.
Dates:
c 1986-c 1987
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File Bundle, 1987
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/4/1
Scope and Contents
A file containing material relating to the publication, Spitting Images. The following are present: a paperback copy of the British version of the book, published by Century Hutchinson Limited; a cover proof for the British version; a paperback copy of the American version of the book, published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; and contracts for Ben Elton and Heathcote Williams, as additional writers for the publication.
Dates:
1987
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General Advertisements and Posters, 1975-c 1983
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/2/1
Scope and Contents
A large portfolio containing a number of advertisements/posters for a variety of companies and organisations, which feature Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations and other work by the partnership. Also found within this portfolio are large photographs with illustrations, and photographic proofs for Clouded Tiger Cards postcards.The following are present:1. An advertisement proof for the Dutch advertising company, PPGH/Moussault, which has a representation of John...
Dates:
Publication: 1975-c 1983
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The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@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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General Election T-shirts, 1987
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/6/4
Scope and Contents
A file holding photographic material relating to t-shirts designed by Spitting Image Productions Limited, coinciding with the 1987 British general election (SI/497). There are two examples of a black and white photograph, which features puppets of politicians David Owen, David Steel, Neil Kinnock and Margaret Thatcher wearing the t-shirts produced. There is also four colour 63mm transparencies, six black and white contact prints, and six black and white negatives.The photographer...
Dates:
1987
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General Transparencies, 1983 - 1997
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/3
Scope and Contents
Seven boxes with numerous sleeves of 63mm and 35mm photographic transparencies and slides, along with a small amount of photographs, which mostly feature images of Spitting Image puppets. These images were produced for a number of purposes, including use in external publications and corporate literature, and general use by the media. The images found in these transparencies were taken by John Lawrence Jones, Steve Bendelack, Andy de Emmony and other...
Dates:
1983 - 1997
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Miscellaneous Items, 1979, 1985 - 1997
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/5/4
Scope and Contents
Published material produced by various organisations, the contents of which have some relation to either Spitting Image, Spitting Image Productions Limited or Roger Law. The following items are present, and their accompanying number corresponds to their item reference number within this sub-series:1. A blue album that contains tearsheets of magazine front covers, and examples of advert posters for Mannesmann Tally printers. These items feature...
Dates:
Publication: 1979; Publication: 1985 - 1997
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Research Material, 1983 - 1986
Sub-Sub-Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/2/1/1
Scope and Contents
Files with research material collected by Lewis Chester, as part of his work on the publication, Tooth & Claw: The Inside Story of Spitting Image. The following are present, and their accompanying number corresponds to their file reference number within this sub-sub-sub-sub-series: 1. A folder with letters received by Chester from Spitting Image's 'victims' (i.e. the celebrities and politicians that were the subjects of the...
Dates:
1983 - 1986
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The Economist, 1975 - 1979
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/3/8
Scope and Contents
Full issues and tearsheets for the British weekly current affairs magazine/newspaper, The Economist, which feature photographic images of Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations. All these illustrations appear on the front covers of the issues.The following are present:1. Two tearsheets containing the front cover for issue 20-26 December 1975, which features an illustration of British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, depicted as a car...
Dates:
Publication: 1975 - 1979
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The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@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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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
Sub-Sub-Sub-Sub-Series
Transparencies, 1987
Sub-Sub-Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/6/2/4/1
Scope and Contents
Numerous plastic sleeves holding 63mm photographic transparencies and 35mm slides, along with a small amount of photographs and negatives, which feature images of puppet illustrations made for both the British and American versions of the Spitting Image Productions Limited merchandise publication, Spitting Images. These photographic images were produced by John Lawrence Jones.The sleeves are labelled with the following information: the subject(s) of the...
Dates:
1987
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Sub-Series
Transparencies, 1975 - 1983
Sub-Series
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 they are split into the following: A to C, D to G, H to R, and S to W. The final box...
Dates:
1975 - 1983
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From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@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).