'Young Actors' (Benedict Taylor, Ian Sears, Daniel Peacock, Paul McGann, Michael Praed and John Gordon-Sinclair)
1 portrait of Ian Sears
'Young Actors' (Benedict Taylor, Ian Sears, Daniel Peacock, Paul McGann, Michael Praed and John Gordon-Sinclair)
by Trevor Leighton
bromide fibre print, 6 February 1984
11 in. x 11 1/8 in. (279 mm x 283 mm) image size
Given by Trevor Leighton
Photographs Collection
NPG x139555
Artistback to top
- Trevor Leighton (1957-), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 249 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- John Gordon-Sinclair (1962-), Actor. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Paul McGann (1959-), Actor. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Daniel Peacock (1958-), Actor, writer for television and director. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Michael Praed (1960-), Television, film and stage actor. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Ian Sears (1963-), Actor and film editor. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Benedict Sean Taylor (1960-), Actor. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
Events of 1984back to top
Current affairs
The Provisional IRA bomb the Grand Hotel in Brighton where various politicians, including the Prime Minister, where staying for the annual Conservative Party conference. The bomb killed five people including a conservative MP, but no members of the cabinet. Thatcher began the next session of the conference the following morning at 9.30 as planned saying: 'all attempts to destroy democracy by terrorism will fail.'Art and science
Dr Alec Jeffreys discovers that patterns in an individual's DNA can be identified and that each person has a unique 'genetic fingerprint'. The technique was soon utilised by forensic scientists to help in criminal investigations, and in order to identify human remains, for paternity testing, and to match organ donors.Ted Hughes is appointed poet Laureate.
International
Ethiopia suffers severe drought and famine. The Ethiopian government responded by uprooting large numbers of peasants in the worst affected areas and by setting up new villages for the displaced people. However, the planned villages were frequently poorly equipped and many people chose to flee rather than acquiesce with government plans leading to further decline in food production and bringing the total death toll to over 1 million.Comments back to top
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