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Spitting Image: A Controversial History

29 Sep 2023
A free exhibition unravelling the history and legacy of the satirical puppet show has opened at Cambridge University Library
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Spitting Image archive comes to Cambridge University Library

14 Nov 2018
A Margaret Thatcher puppet and the unbroadcast script and video tape for the pilot episode of Spitting Image have taken their place alongside the...
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Holbein’s satirical depictions of authority figures, such as the King in the Dance Of Death (left), are a far cry from later work such as his iconic portrait of Henry VIII (right).

Holbein’s Dance Of Death - the 16th century Charlie Hebdo

02 Nov 2016
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...
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