Portrait of Ruth Ellis Ruth Ellis was hung in Holloway Prison in 1955 for shooting her lover, David Blakely, in broad daylight outside a London pub. In court her defence tried to convince the jury that there was imitating circumstances to the murder in that Ruth was ‘not of sound mind’, but she was unwilling … Continue reading Paper Trail: 1955 by Iona McCuaig
Paper Trail: 1938 by Reem Acason
Peace For Our Time On 30th September 1938 Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returned to London from Munich having signed the Anglo-German Declaration with Chancellor Adolf Hitler in an attempt to prevent war in Europe. Mr Chamberlain declared to a jubilant London crowd, “I believe it is peace for our time. We thank you from the bottom … Continue reading Paper Trail: 1938 by Reem Acason
Paper Trail: 1991 by Neil Armstrong
1991 Letter https://vimeo.com/359598893 I remember 1991 as being a time of world political upheaval. The Berlin wall was set to come down, and the times felt hopeful, if somewhat uncertain. The dissolution of the USSR, resulting in fifteen independent republics, took place that year and also chimes with more current debate around the value of … Continue reading Paper Trail: 1991 by Neil Armstrong
Paper Trail: 1950 by Carol Balthazar
TV Tupi This piece of work was inspired by the launch of TV Tupi in São Paulo (Brazil) on September 18, 1950. That was the first television network in South America. The new media intensified the spread of ideas that was initially made possible by the invention of paper. If the television has enabled a … Continue reading Paper Trail: 1950 by Carol Balthazar
Paper Trail: 1947 by Marilyn Kyle
Partition of India 1947 was the year of the Partition of India: the Indian Independence Act resulted in the dissolution of the British Raj in India. The two self-governing countries of India and Pakistan legally came into existence at midnight on 14/15 August 1947. This is the focus of my work for Paper Trail. … Continue reading Paper Trail: 1947 by Marilyn Kyle
Paper Trail: 2010 by Julie Kirk
“Silent but for the pointless yearnings of migrant birds” Read it one way and this is the tale of the quiet skies over Europe in April 2010 when ash from Eyjafjallajökull, the Icelandic volcano, caused planes to be grounded and people to stay where they were. But brush the nap the other way … … Continue reading Paper Trail: 2010 by Julie Kirk
Paper Trail: 1960 by Dave Edwards
Bad Photo Copy First seen by the public in a televised demonstration in late 1959, the world’s first automatic, plain-paper copier - the 914 - did not become commercially available until the following year, 1960. Manufactured and sold by the Haloid Xerox Corporation using the xerographic process - a dry photocopying technique developed by the inventor Chester Carlson … Continue reading Paper Trail: 1960 by Dave Edwards
