Kinnock, Neil Gordon, b 1942 (Baron Kinnock of Bedwellty, Labour politician)
Person
Dates
- Existence: b 1942
Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:
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Advertisements, c late 1980s-1992
File
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...
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Publication: c late 1980s-1992
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Answerphone Tapes, 1988
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/2/3
Scope and Contents
Spitting Image answerphone audio cassette tapes and/or cases, accompanied by case inserts relating to these tapes, made by The Comic Answer Company Limited/K-Tel International (SI/488). These 'answerbacks' tapes feature impressions of celebrity and political figures from Spitting Image voice actors: Chris Barrie, Steve Nallon and Nigel Plaskitt. The front covers of the inserts have images of Spitting Image...
Dates:
1988
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Cards, Circulars and Correspondence, 1986 - 1998
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/12/2
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A file containing a mixture of letters, cards and circulars sent to and from Roger Law. The following are present, but are not limited to: a letter and faxes to and from British-American artist, Julian Allen, dating between 1986 and 1997; letters from Spitting Image producer, John Lloyd, one thanking Law and his wife for attending his wedding, and the other thanking Law and Peter Fluck for their congratulatory note, following his BAFTA win [Black Adder Goes Forth...
Dates:
1986 - 1998
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Caricatures Portfolio 2, c 1984-c 1996
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/2/1/3/2
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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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Ceramics, c late 1980s-c early 1990s
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/17
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A file containing nine plastic sleeves holding photographic transparencies of varying sizes, which feature images relating to ceramic items designed by Spitting Image Productions Limited. The following are present:1. A large transparency featuring the image of a toby jug that was made for a Bass draught beer advertisement (SI/1225); image taken by John Lawrence Jones. 2. Transparencies of various sizes, accompanied by 35mm slides, which contain images of a 1989...
Dates:
c late 1980s-c early 1990s
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Dog Chew Toys, 1985 - 1987
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/6
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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
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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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Events and Exhibitions Publications, 2002 - 2007
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/5/5/3
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A file containing three publications produced by cultural organisations or for public events. These promotional items feature images of work created by either Roger Law, Luck & Flaw or Spitting Image. The following are present: 1. A spring 2002 programme for Greenwich Theatre. The cover features an image of the 'April Fools' illustration first used by Private Eye, as part of their 1992 British general election issue. This...
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Publication: 2002 - 2007
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File Bundle, 1987
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/4/1
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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 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 Magazines and Journals, 1984 - 1997
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/5/2/13
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Issues and tearsheets for various British and International magazines, journals and other publications; which contain articles and/or images relating to either Spitting Image, Spitting Image Productions Limited and its various activities, Roger Law or Peter Fluck. In some cases, Spitting Image is merely mentioned in passing. The following items are present:1. Tearsheets from the 14 December 1985 (No. 25/26) issue of the Dutch...
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Publication: 1984 - 1997
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General Merchandise Material, 1988 - 1991, c 2000s-2010s
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/6/8
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A file holding photographic material relating to Spitting Image Productions Limited merchandise (SI/437, 439, 443, 464, 470-489, 503 and 504). The majority of the file's contents are sleeves with dedicated sets of 63mm transparencies, which have publicity shots for the following items: aprons and oven gloves, watches, boxer shorts, answerphone tapes, and t-shirts. There is also a set of transparencies that feature publicity images of a John Major puppet holding a selection of ...
Dates:
1988 - 1991; c 2000s-2010s
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General Transparencies, 1983 - 1997
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/3
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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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Hype Greetings Cards, 1991
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/4/3
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Examples of 39 greetings cards produced by Hype Associates Limited. These cards have photographic images on their front covers, which feature illustrations of Spitting Image puppets and plasticine models of various politicians and celebrities, along with a small amount of earlier plasticine model illustrations made by Luck & Flaw. Inside each card there is a message, which is usually a humourous insult directed at the individual(s) on the front...
Dates:
1991
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Key Rings, c late 1980s
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/6/9
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A file holding photographic material connected to merchandise key rings, designed by Spitting Image Productions Limited (SI/452-460). These key rings are in the shape of the heads of various British politicians and royal family members, and international politicians. There are eight strips of 63mm colour transparencies that feature publicity shots, and there are four polaroids that hold images of what appears to be the silicone masters for some of the key rings.
Dates:
c late 1980s
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Large and Mounted Photographs, 1986-c early 2000s
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/7
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A portfolio holding large and/or mounted photographs that feature mainly Spitting Image-related illustrations and images, either material connected to merchandise, external publications or other activities engaged in by Spitting Image Productions Limited. Some of the photographic prints are contemporaneous with when they were originally shot, and others are later reprints. The later reprints may be dated beyond the SIPL era (1983-1998).There is also a...
Dates:
1986-c early 2000s
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Margaret Thatcher and Neil Kinnock Slippers, 1988
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/1/1/3
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A large pair of Margaret Thatcher and Neil Kinnock 'Sleeping Partners' slippers, designed by Spitting Image Production Limited's David Stoten, and made by Linden Cards and Gifts Limited (SI/440). Each slipper resembles a bed, with a plastic head of Thatcher residing on the end of one slipper and the head of Kinnock on the other.
Dates:
1988
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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...
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Publication: 1979; Publication: 1985 - 1997
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Newspapers and Newsprint Magazines, 1985 - 1995
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/5/1/2
Scope and Contents
Issues of and tearsheets from British and international newspapers and large newsprint magazines, which feature interviews with Roger Law and Peter Fluck, along with articles revolving around Spitting Image. There are also articles on the wider activities of Spitting Image Productions Limited. Also present are examples of Spitting Image puppets and other imagery being used to illustrate articles on British politics. The publications...
Dates:
1985 - 1995
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Private Eye, 1986 - 1987, 1992
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/5/2/5
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Four issues of the British satirical and current affairs magazine, Private Eye. The following editions 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
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Set of Eggcups, 1982 - 1988
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/4/1/5/3
Scope and Contents
A set of nine ceramic eggcups, modelled by Luck & Flaw, which bear caricature faces of the following British politicians and members of the royal family: Margaret Thatcher, Neil Kinnock, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Prince Andrew, Sarah Ferguson, two copies of a baby Prince William, and a baby Princess Beatrice. All eggcups have a white glossy finish.
This set is incomplete, missing those for Prince Charles [afterwards King Charles III] and Diana, Princess of Wales.
Dates:
1982 - 1988
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Sleeping Partners Slippers, 1988
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/6/7
Scope and Contents
A file holding photographic material relating to Spitting Image Productions Limited's merchandise slippers, which were designed to look like beds and featured plastic heads of members of the British royal family, and American and British politicians, at the toe-ends of the shoes (SI/438-442). The majority of the file's contents are plastic sleeves with 63mm colour transparencies, but there are also contact prints and some photographs. These items feature publicity shots of the slippers,...
Dates:
1988
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Spitting Image 100th Episode, 1993-c early 2000s
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/21
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A file holding a publicity photograph for Spitting Image's 100th episode, which aired in June 1993 (SI/977 (b)). The photograph features a group image of the following puppets: Queen Elizabeth II, Mick Jagger, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, John Major, Neil Kinnock, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Prince Charles [later King Charles III], and Michael Jackson. There are also a couple of computer printouts, which contain the image of another publicity shot taken at the same...
Dates:
1993-c early 2000s
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Spitting Image First Series, 1984
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/4
Scope and Contents
A file holding photographic negatives, contact prints and 35mm slides featuring images of puppet portrait shots, and examples of puppeteering, from the first series of Spitting Image.
Plastic sleeves holding 35mm slides are labelled with their original reference numbers, SI/2090 and 2091. The other items in this file do not have 'SI' reference numbers. The photographer of these images is unknown.
Dates:
1984
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Spitting Image John Major Transparencies Scans, 2010
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/7/3/4
Scope and Contents
A CD-R that contains tif. files with digital scans of two transparencies featuring Spitting Image plasticine model illustrations, involving the British Prime Minister, John Major. One image has Major by himself, wearing a blue rosette, which appears to be connected to the 1992 British general election illustrations produced by Spitting Image Productions Limited for the publication, Private Eye. The other image features Major and the...
Dates:
2010
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