Catalogue Number
Temp.2024.11.10
Object Name
Postcard
Title
MAGGIE SHOCK - AMERICAN FAILURE TO BUY BRITAIN
People
Thatcher, Margaret; Dickens, Mark
Date
1980s
Description
Postcard featuring a photograph of Margaret Thatcher with one hand over her face and eyes closed exasperatedly. Text reads "MAGGIE SHOCK - AMERICAN FAILURE TO BUY BRITAIN". Design by Mark Dickens. On the back there is a Leeds Postcards logo. Leeds Postcards was founded in 1979, with the intention of using postcards âas a political tool and agent for changeâ. They quickly became well-known, producing some iconic work with activist groups such as the Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons (MCANW) and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) branches across the country, and artists including Peter Kennard and Steve Bell. They are still publishing postcards today. Throughout the 1980s, Leeds Postcards published a number of cards satirising the threat of nuclear war, and celebrating the movement against the bomb.
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