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30 November
JAS/1/7/15 · Item · 2007
Part of Illustrations by James Sillavan

Colour artwork of a jungle scene with a man leading the way brandishing a knife and a women following behind reading a map. Drawing to accompany the article 'Labour must go on the offensive to get out of this vortex of failure' by Polly Toynbee in the Comment & Debate section of the Guardian 30 November 2007 p.41

Sillavan; James (1950-2013); designer and cartoonist
3.15 from Westminster
LDG/1/9/85 · Item · 14 July 1989
Part of Illustrations by Les Gibbard

Depicts two trains passing by each other with Neil Kinnock (dressed as a woman) on one train, depicted in a luxury train carriage reading an Agatha Christie novel. Another train is speeding past the window of this carriage and in this train you can see a man depicted as the National Union of Railway men with "Pay Pound" written on his front. He sits with with politicians such as Margaret Thatcher (holding poison), Norman Fowler (holding a knife) and a man in a pin stripe suit strangling the man depicting the Union.

Context: Rail Strikes happened over weeks bringing london traffic to a standstill, over issues of pay rises and eventually the government accepted for the pay rises of 8.8% to proceed.

Gibbard; Leslie David (1945-2010); cartoonist
5 April
JAS/1/3/2 · Item · 2001
Part of Illustrations by James Sillavan

Colour drawing of a British bulldog wearing a studded coller decorated with a Union Jack charm. Drawing to accompany the article 'Whimpering Nation' by Polly Toynbee in the Comment & Analysis section of the Guardian 6 April 2001 p.19

Sillavan; James (1950-2013); designer and cartoonist