Spitting Image: A Controversial History
29 September 2023A free exhibition unravelling the history and legacy of the satirical puppet show has opened at Cambridge University Library
A free exhibition unravelling the history and legacy of the satirical puppet show has opened at Cambridge University Library
A Margaret Thatcher puppet and the unbroadcast script and video tape for the pilot episode of Spitting Image have taken their place alongside the works of Newton, Darwin and other treasures at Cambridge University Library.
He is best remembered for the magnificent portraits he produced as the court painter of Henry VIII; but a new study of Hans Holbein’s famous ‘Dance Of Death’ suggests that he also had strong anti-establishment views, creating works which foreshadowed modern satire.