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Noël Coward

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Noël Coward

possibly by Derek Hill
bromide print, 1969
9 7/8 in. x 8 in. (252 mm x 203 mm) overall
Given by IPC Newspapers Limited, 1971
Photographs Collection
NPG x135614

Sitterback to top

  • Sir Noël Coward (1899-1973), Actor, playwright and composer. Sitter associated with 117 portraits.

Artistback to top

  • (Arthur) Derek Hill (1916-2000), Artist, writer and organiser of exhibitions. Artist or producer associated with 9 portraits, Sitter in 5 portraits.

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  • Place made and portrayed: Switzerland (sitter's home, Switzerland)

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Events of 1969back to top

Current affairs

The Open University is established, based on the vision of Michael Young. Its aims were to offer the chance to study for higher education qualifications on a part time and distance learning basis, giving people who were unable to attend a traditional university because of family, work commitments or disability the opportunity to achieve university degrees.

Art and science

The comedy sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus is first broadcast. The Pythons performed surreal sketches that reinvented the comedy tradition, eschewing punch lines for a stream-of-consciousness structure and incongruous authorial interventions: 'and now for something completely different'.
Kenneth Tynan's Oh! Calcutta amuses and shocks audiences with full nudity on stage, taking advantage of the recent end to censorship laws.

International

Neil Armstrong takes 'one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind' when he becomes the first man on the moon.
Concorde makes its first supersonic flight. The plane was designed, developed and manufactured by a joint treaty between the French and English governments.

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