Martin Amis
22 of 22 portraits of Martin Amis
Martin Amis
by Bill Brandt
bromide print on card mount, 1974
13 1/2 in. x 11 1/2 in. (343 mm x 292 mm)
Purchased, 1982
Photographs Collection
NPG x22400
Sitterback to top
- Martin Louis Amis (1949-2023), Novelist; son of Sir Kingsley Amis. Sitter in 22 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Bill Brandt (1904-1983), Photographer. Artist or producer of 120 portraits, Sitter in 34 portraits.
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Current affairs
28 people are killed and hundreds injured in the IRA pub bombings. Two pubs in Guilford popular with army personnel were attacked with gelignite bombs, followed by a pub in Woolwich and then two in Birmingham. 17 people, known as the Guilford Four, the Maguire Seven and the Birmingham Six, were arrested for the bombing but all were eventually found to have been wrongfully imprisoned.Art and science
John Le Carré publishes his classic spy thriller, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. The novel was later made into a BBC miniseries starring Alec Guinness.International
A one party communist state is established in Ethiopia after a committee of military officers known as the Derg depose Halie Selassie from power.Greek Cypriot officers depose President Archbishop Makarios III in a coup d'etat sponsored by the Greek Government. Taking advantage of the situation, Turkey sent troops to occupy half the island, proclaiming the Turkish Federal State of Cyprus the following year.
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