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Crazy mixed-up kid
DAL/1/1/79 · Item · 31 July 1959
Part of Cartoons by David Low

Depicts a child being locked up in prison surrounded by imagined 'crooks, rats and killers' who attack 'heroes, adventurers and bold spirits' while the door to the 'welfare state' is locked. At the wall behind the child hangs a sign reading 'record increase of crime (mostly by the young)'

Low; Sir; David Alexander Cecil (1891-1963); political cartoonist
Creating the right climate
LDG/1/4/26 · Item · 14 April 1977
Part of Illustrations by Les Gibbard

[Len Murray] and [Denis Healey] lean with their heads against each other forming a triangular shape with the ground. Smoke surrounds them. A small plant on the ground between them is captioned: 'PHASE 3'.

Gibbard; Leslie David (1945-2010); cartoonist
Creative use of the Press
GUA/9/2/13 · File · July 1994
Part of Records of the Guardian newspaper

Promotional film, with sound, featuring Peter Preston, Kelvin McKenzie and Andrew Neil discussing their respective newspaper's brands and the influence that they have on readers.

Contains footage of interviews with Peter Preston, Kelvin McKenzie and Andrew Neil.

Topics covered by Peter Preston (editor of the Guardian) include: the changing environment in which newspapers are operating, the changing nature of newspapers, the attitude of advertisers, how newspapers set the agenda, the importance of understanding readers of the Guardian and how advertisers can appeal more to intelligent readers.

Topics covered by Kelvin McKenzie (former editor of the Sun) include: the personality of the Sun, the power that readers gives the newspaper, the use of the Sun by companies sampling products and the expansion of electronic media and its impact on readers

Topics covered by Andrew Neil (editor of the Sunday Times) include: the readers of the Sunday Times, the influence of the newspaper on its readers, differentiating factors between newspapers and television, the changing environment in which newspapers are operating, how newspaper lead debate and how choosing to advertise in newspapers is choosing to make a statement about a product.

Duration: 4 minutes and 25 seconds. The film starts at 00.01 on the mp4 file.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited
Creator: The Palace

Credibility Gap
LDG/1/2/11 · Item · 22 January 1970
Part of Illustrations by Les Gibbard

The layoutof this cartoon resembles a single piece of paper torn in half down the middle, with the characters on either side staring angrily at each other. On the left, Harold Wilson and an African military man [a general] point to a plump, smiling black boy, surrounded by plenty of food aid from both the USA and the UK, waving a flag saying "One Nigeria". On the right a civil servant and a tourist point to a skeletally thin, distressed black boy, with a solitary can of food aid from the UK and an empty bowl. A crossed out potential caption reads "Credibility Gap".

Gibbard; Leslie David (1945-2010); cartoonist
PTI/1/3/12 · Item · 24 September 1994
Part of Illustrations by Peter Till

Illustration originally accompanying an article titled 'Creditable ratings for ANC' by David Beresford arguing that Margaret Thatcher is wrong to dismiss the prospects of the ANC in governing South Africa and that multi-national companies are moving back to the country, which appeared in the 24 September 1994 edition of the Guardian. The drawing depicts two South African figures rolling out a carpet for personified foreign currency coins with arms, legs, and briefcases. Includes newspaper cutting.

Till; Peter (1945-); illustrator