Peter Tatchell

© Polly Borland

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Peter Tatchell

by Polly Borland
bromide print, November 1999
19 1/2 in. x 15 3/8 in. (495 mm x 391 mm) overall
Purchased, 2000
Photographs Collection
NPG x88486

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  • Peter Tatchell (1952-), Political and gay rights activist. Sitter in 1 portrait.

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  • Polly Borland (1959-), Photographer. Artist or producer of 72 portraits.

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Taken in Tatchell’s London flat, photographer Polly Borland styled this portrait in the manner of a police mug shot. The portrait references Tatchell’s prosecution, following his attempted citizen’s arrest of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe for human rights violations during Mugabe’s visit to London the previous month. It also refers to Tatchell's denunciation in the press as a ‘homosexual terrorist’, following the outing of ten Church of England bishops in 1994 by LGBT direct action organisation OutRage!.

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Current affairs

Following referendums in 1997, The Scottish Parliament is opened and Welsh Assembly established in 1999. The new Scottish Parliament has the powers to pass legislation and alter tax. The Welsh Assembly currently has less legislative authority but controls a budget for Wales and can amend legislation passed by Westminster.
The House of Lords Act removes all but 92 Hereditary Lords from the second chamber.

Art and science

Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman's film, Shakespeare in Love wins the Oscar for Best Picture. The film, starring Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Judi Dench, Geoffrey Rush, and Colin Firth, among other British screen stars, provides a fictitious account of the events that inspired William Shakespeare to write Romeo and Juliet.

International

NATO begins a bombing campaign against the government of Yugoslavia following the breakdown of the Rambouillet Accords that attempted to grant Kosovo autonomy within Serbia under NATO administration. After nearly three months of bombing, Slobodan Milosevic agreed to allow a peacekeeping force to enter Kosovo and the province was placed under a United Nations Interim Administration.

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