Scope and Contents Five, white Spitting Image merchandise t-shirts, manufactured by Fruit of the Loom, under its Screen Stars Best brand. These t-shirts feature various designs printed on the front, accompanied by the Spitting Image logo. The logo is also sometimes present on the back.The following t-shirts are present, and their accompanying number corresponds to their item reference number within this sub-sub-series:1. An extra-large...

Scope and Contents A sale catalogue for The Cartoon Art Trust's 'Fin de Siècle' charity auction, which was held at the London branch of the auction house, Bonhams, on 20 May 1999. Several Spitting Image items were donated to this sale by Roger Law, including: two ceramic toby jugs, one of John Major and the other of Neil Kinnock, modelled by Pablo Bach at the Spitting Image Workshop and manufactured by Kevin Francis Ceramics for the 1992 British general election; and a Margaret...

Scope and Contents A Spitting Image board game, The Game of Scandal, manufactured by Parker, under licence from Spitting Image Productions Limited (SI/443). The game features photographic images of Spitting Image puppets on the lid and on the gaming cards, which have been taken by John Lawrence Jones. There are seven game pieces that have been modelled by the Spitting Image Workshop, which represent various politicians and other figures, including: Margaret...

Scope and Contents A file holding photographic material relating to the Spitting Image Productions Limited boardgame, The Game of Scandal, manufactured by Parker and released in 1987 (SI/443-449). There are 63mm transparencies, contact prints, negatives, and black and white photographs. Some of the images were taken as artwork for inclusion in the game and for its packaging, and others were taken for publicity purposes. There are images of Spitting Image puppets for the following...

Scope and Contents Five issues of the British weekly cultural magazine, The Listener, which was published by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The following issues are present:1. 7 March 1985 - page 29 features an article on Spitting Image.2. 25 July 1985 - the front cover has a photographic illustration containing a Spitting Image puppet of satirist, James Gillray (SI/687), and pages 13 and 14 have...

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Papers from Child's work as part of Neil Kinnock's private office, including: briefings and other papers relating to South Africa and the Commonwealth; General Election papers, particularly briefings on key seats and marginals and briefings for the 1992 election tour.

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Speech drafts written for Neil Kinnock, as Leader of the Labour Party, with notes on speech writing strategy, and also papers on Labour's Black Sections policy and ethnic minority representation in the Party.

Scope and Contents The collection contains Kinnock's papers as Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition, 1983-92, and also from his work for the European Commission, 1995-2004.The papers include political papers (mainly relating to Kinnock's leadership of the Labour Party), engagements diaries and visits papers, copies of his speeches and public statements, constituency correspondence, photographs and some audio-visual material.This collection has an 'Associated' section,...

Scope and Contents Three toby jugs modelled on the following British politicians: Margaret Thatcher, John Major, and Neil Kinnock. They have been modelled by Pablo Bach at the Spitting Image Workshop, and manufactured by the ceramics company, Kevin Francis Limited. All were part of a limited edition series with only 650 made for each jug. The following designs are present, and their accompanying number corresponds to their item reference number within this sub-sub-sub-series: 1....

Scope and Contents A file holding 63mm colour transparencies with images produced for trading cards that accompanied Topps' bubble gum (SI/9, 15, 63, 65, 79, 86, 97, 102, 684, 686, 717, 746, 751, 764, 831, 1020, 1035, 1037, and 1060). There are 19 plastic sleeves, each holding a dedicated set of transparencies for a particular plasticine model or puppet illustration, produced by Spitting Image Productions Limited, which feature one or more celebrities, politicians or members of the British royal family....

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...