Pet Shop Boys

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Pet Shop Boys

by Eric Watson
bromide print, 20 July 1986
15 7/8in. x 13 1/2in. (402 mm x 342 mm)
Given by Eric Watson, 1998
Photographs Collection
NPG x76362

Sittersback to top

  • Chris Lowe (1959-), Musician, member of Pet Shop Boys. Sitter in 15 portraits.
  • Neil Tennant (1954-), Musician, singer and songwriter for Pet Shop Boys. Sitter in 15 portraits.

Artistback to top

  • Eric Watson (1955-2012), Photographer, director and teacher. Artist or producer of 33 portraits.

Events of 1986back to top

Current affairs

Hampton Court Palace is devastated by fire. Much of the third floor and the roof of the building were destroyed, although, thanks to the courage of the fire fighters, only one painting and one piece of furniture were ruined.
Prince Andrew, Duke of York, marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey.

Art and science

Poems on the Underground, the brainchild of American writer Judith Chernaik, is launched by London Underground. A rolling programme of poems is displayed in tube train carriages, bringing contemporary and classic poetry to commuters.
The Independent Newspaper is first published.
Artists, Gilbert and George win the Turner Prize.

International

An explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power station leads to nuclear meltdown in the reactor and causes massive nuclear contamination over Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, western Europe, the UK and Ireland, and even North America. The 2005 Chenobyl Forum attributed 56 direct deaths to the disaster and estimated that 9,000 people may die from some form of cancer as a result of exposure to radiation.

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