Richard Starr Jukes

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Richard Starr Jukes

by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 3 November 1959
Given by Godfrey Argent, 1999
Photographs Collection
NPG x191050

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  • Baron Studios (active 1954-1974), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 1302 portraits.
  • Rex Coleman, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 974 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.

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Current affairs

Harold Macmillan wins the general election with an increased majority, returning to office as Conservative prime minister. The victory was the result of perceived economic improvement under the Conservative government, and his (misquoted) boast: 'you've never had it so good.' During his premiership he earned the nickname 'Supermac', coined by cartoonist, Victor 'Vicky' Weisz.

Art and science

Claudia Jones organises the first West Indian-style carnival in the country, starting the tradition of the annual Notting Hill carnival. The event was a response to the race riots of 1958, and an attempt to celebrate West Indian culture and help overcome racial prejudice by giving the whole community the opportunity to join in the event.

International

Fidel Castro becomes leader of Cuba. After defeating the American-backed Batista government, Castro's revolutionary army arrived in Havana on 8th January where Castro proclaimed himself Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. Within a month, Prime Minister José Miró Cardona had resigned, and Castro took over.
In Tibet, an uprising against Chinese rule is brutally crushed, and the Dalai Lama flees to India, beginning his long exile.

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Richard Starr Jukes

30 December 2022, 23:40

I think this is my Grandfather