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2001   2001 will always be remembered for the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the USA.  Nearly 3,000 people lost their lives that day and the repercussions are still being felt throughout the world.  For me, 2001 was also a year of enormous personal loss.  My father died in the May of that year.  As someone … Continue reading Paper Trail: 2001 by Kate Murdoch

In 1982, the Commodore 64 Computer became the highest-selling single computer model of all time.  It was used in offices and made computers popular in the home a common thing, to play games, type letters and formed the beginnings of emails as a form of communication.  Time Magazine made Man of The Year - The … Continue reading Paper Trail: 1982 by Clare Dales

Like the back of my hand. The paper was burnt into ashes and mixed to make a printing ink. I applied this to the back of my wedding hand (the one with wedding ring finger) '94 was the year I met my husband and this year, the year of making this piece represents 25 years … Continue reading Paper Trail: 1994 by Julia Rogers

The future looks gr... I've use an original cover of the 1951 Festival of Britain exhibition brochure - the original ‘tonic for the nation’. The ‘Paper Trail sample’ acting as a megaphone to reinforcing/reiterating the 1951 ethos. This shouts at our current political issues in the UK, 60 years after the exhibition.  ‘The future looks gr…’ is an invitation … Continue reading Paper Trail: 1951 by Graeme Campbell

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

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

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