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General Correspondence File, 1997 - 2008, 2019 - 2020

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/5/3

Scope and Contents

A file containing letters, copies of emails, and faxes received by Roger Law from various individuals and organisations. Topics include, but are not limited to: Loughborough University's intention to bestow an honorary doctorate upon Law; a response to his application to lecture at the National Art School, Darlinghurst, Australia; requests from several institutions for Spitting Image puppets to be donated to them; Law's inclusion as an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Art; and a clearance request for the album cover of The Who's The Who Sell Out to feature in the film, The Boat That Rocked. Also present are a couple of fax copies sent by Law.

There is also a file with a copy of an email from Peter Fluck to Roger Law, which concerns a letter they sent to British literary critic, Frank Kermode, in 1979, regarding the London Review of Books magazine. A Nancy Gryspeerdt seeks permission for this letter to be included in a publication on the history of the magazine. A computer printout with a photographic image of the letter from 1979 is present. This item is closed until 2041. Also within this file is a copy of an email from John Lloyd to Law, which includes a story about the impact of Spitting Image on the Conservative politician, Norman Tebbit; closed until 2051. Also present is an email from the grandson of Magnus Magnusson, Siggy Stone, in which he asks Law about how to preserve a Magnusson Spitting Image puppet that he has in his possession; closed until 2050.

Dates

  • Creation: 1997 - 2008
  • Creation: 2019 - 2020

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Part closed. Some material in this file are not available, under the Library’s confidentiality guidelines for sensitive data (in compliance with the Data Protection Act (2018)). Items are restricted until either 2041, 2050 or 2051, depending on the letter/email in question.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright - held by various parties.

Extent

2 file(s) (Two gusseted folders, one of which currently holds restricted items.) : Paper

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

This is an artificial file. Correspondence found loose in various boxes and gathered together to create a single file.

Separated Materials

See entry MS Add.10275/5/9 for material relating to the Loughborough University honorary doctorate. See entry MS Add.10275/5/11/1 for items concerning the Aussie Stuff exhibition.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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