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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 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...

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