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Cartoon showing politician Selwyn Lloyd whispering to a Far Eastern Sultan whilst Oman Rebel lies on the ground and a crowd nearby listen to their conversation.
Creator: Abraham; Abu (1924-2002); cartoonist

The cartoon shows a starving, naked, African man with a swollen belly holding out a begging bowl. The caption below read "spare a bullet, Yanks". The landscape behind him is sparse with no visible vegetation.

The cartoon relates to the Nigerian civil war which was fought between the federal government of Nigeria and the secessionist state of Biafra in the years 1967-1970. During the civil war approximately 2 million Biafran citizens died of starvation, as the Nigerian federal government used starvation as a weapon of war. The United States of America was officially neutral during the Nigerian civil war. However they also had a vested interest in keeping communism out of the region, and this was more likely under the Nigerian federal government.

Boxes, tapes, and TVs labelled 'BBC', 'BBC Glasgow' and 'Seized' pile high everywhere. In front of a door labelled 'Special Branch' sits a man at a desk labeled 'Detective Inspector' who is writing a letter. Behind him a picture of Margaret Thatcher is taped to the wall.

Context: The Special Branch raided the BBC's Glasgow office and confiscated materials from their Secret Society series. Margaret Thatcher denied involvement, but the Opposition were not convinced. (Source: The Guardian 2 February 1987 via Proquest and Gibbard's Double Decade Omnibus).

Depicts a man holding a flag labelled 'GUVMINT' sat on top of a pile of [flammable material]. The 'NUM', 'ASLEF', 'POWER WORKERS' and 'BBC' attempt to ignite the pile.

Negative response from Beckett to Lennon's request for an interview, but offering to meet for a drink. According to Lennon's explanatory note, he could not decipher the writing and had to ring Beckett to find out if he had said yes or no. They then met for the first time in the Closiere des Lilas, Beckett's favourite place for private meetings.

An elephant labelled '10.9% INFLATION' is stepping on someone on the floor trying to move, who has 'BUSINESS' written on the floor next to him. Someone with a whip is holding a hoop up for a lion to jump through that says '7%' in the centre. The lion is standing on a podium with 'LOCAL GOVT.' written on it. Margaret Thatcher is in the middle smiling at everything while in the background there is a frowning crowd looking on at it all.

Colour drawing of a red faced man in a suit with arrows coming out of his head and steam coming out of his ears. Drawing to accompany the article 'This buffeted prime minister must stop scrambling at every puff of wind' by Polly Toynbee in the Comment & Debate section of the Guardian 11 April 2007 p.29

Card giving Lennon permission to use Beckett's name [to secure work with the BBC].

According to Lennon's note, he was then moving to London to work for the Sunday Times, The Guardian having dispensed with his services, and was hoping to find work in film.

Also includes envelope.

Colour image of Tony Blair superimposed on a background with a cracking floor and a thundercloud and lightning flash behind him. Drawing to accompany the article 'Keeping Blair the bold revolutionary is in this country's best interests' by Irwin Stelzer in the Comment & Debate section of the Guardian 11 November 2005 p.35