On his personal blog, Nottingham PhD student Chris Burgess discusses the poster illustrated above.
It is a Conservative effort, mocking H.H. Asquith, Liberal Prime Minister from 1908 to 1916. … Read the rest
Category: Posters
As part of its outreach work, the Centre for British Politics sponsored a tour of the exhibition I curated – Picturing Politics – for a group from Henshaws society for … Read the rest
When, in 2009, Chris Burgess started his PhD on political posters from the 1906 general election to the present day I suspect he did not imagine that he’d appear on … Read the rest
The posters for the exhibition based on my PhD are on the wall. Matthew Parris is coming to cut the ribbon tonight. And the exhibition opens to the public … Read the rest
During the course of my research on the history of the party election poster, I came across this interesting shift of meaning between the original design for a Labour poster … Read the rest
During the course of my research on the history of the party election poster, I have identified some interesting ways in which the parties used children.
By looking at a … Read the rest
During the course of my research on the history of the party election poster, I have recently identified some interesting connections between politics and the pipe.
I think that by … Read the rest
Despite its central role in political communications, the election poster is a strangely neglected beast. Yet, since the nineteenth century right up to the 2010 general election and the recent … Read the rest
Despite our politicians’ constant clamour for novelty and their wish to appear as pretty modern kind of guys, nothing is truly new in politics.
I am currently researching the history … Read the rest
The AV campaign represented a chance to transcend Westminster party politics and engage in a genuinely inclusive debate about how we are governed.
Both the Yes and No camps have … Read the rest