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Photographer unknown but original sleeve marked 'SWPA'. BAC is suspected to be abreviation for Bristol Aviation Company.

Cartoon features Harold Wilson, Tony Benn and Anthony Crosland walking away from a concert stage wearing dungarees and carrying an organ pipe labelled "thunder". Crosland carries a tool box which reads "[soul] organ repairs". In the background, Edward Heath is on the stage wearing a tuxedo and looking downcast [having had his thunder stolen].

Background information: On 6 October Anthony Crosland was appointed Secretary of State for Local Government and Regional Planning. Also on 6 October: Tony Wedgwood Benn was appointed Minister of Technology and Power. The Conservative Party Conference opened on 8 October. (source: The University of Kent, British Cartoon Archive)

Psychologist

[Harold Wilson, Barbara Castle and Baron George-Brown] are shown out at sea as a storm looms above and a massive wave appraoches. [Castle] holds a document which says "In place of strife" and [George-Brown] holds a briefcase labelled [EIIR]. [Wilson] has a floating chair in which he sits to remain dry, barking orders at the wave to stay back for "I am your Prime Minister!"

A globe being pushed by a large hand. Article discusses the future of Panorama on the programme's fiftieth anniversary.
Tuesday Comment- Richard Lindley, former Panorama reporter

General file containing correspondence regarding back issues of the Observer. Contains correspondence and memorandums concerning: the purchase and donation of historic copies of the newspaper from members of the public; the purchase by the public of past copies; a photocopying service for readers; lists of prices of past copies; a list of average sales from 1914 to 1925; past copies missing from the collection.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Tristan Jones.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

Cartoon depicts John Major, Kenneth Clarke and Micheal Heseltine in a sinking rowing boat. Major is trying to stop one of the holes in the boat with a bowler hat. Tony Blair is shown as a shark watching them sink. Major is saying to him 'Back off! Technically we're still seaworthy!'. a woman's legs are visible, having floated abovef the water in a life-ring.

Cartoon depicts De Gaulle, Macmillan and chancellor Adenauer of West Germany cast adrift on a back seat as President Eisenhower heads off in the front seat towards Moscow in the distance. This comments upon the talks in Geneva between the foreign ministers of the USSR, France, Britain and the US where conlcusions were not reached over east-west relations, nuclear weapons and the problem of Berlin. The US decided to try and negotiate with the USSR alone. President Eisenhower had a summit meeting with Khrushchev in Moscow, signalling that there were now only two 'superpowers' on the world stage.
Creator: Abraham; Abu (1924-2002); cartoonist

Illustration originally accompanying an article titled 'Back to the 1950s,' by Larry Elliott, which discusses how the UK was experiencing a return to the authoritarian policies of the 1950s, including a crackdown on law and order and the ideas regarding how people should raise families and conduct relationships. The drawing depicts politicians attempting to shake hands on either side of a bridge. They are being stopped from doing so by a split in the middle of the bridge. Includes newspaper clipping.