Sir Kenneth Macmillan

© Julian Broad / National Portrait Gallery, London

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Sir Kenneth Macmillan

by Julian Broad
bromide fibre print, 26 October 1992
10 3/4 in. x 15 1/2 in. (274 mm x 394 mm)
Acquired, 1999
Photographs Collection
NPG x88685

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  • Julian Broad (1964-), Photographer. Artist or producer of 19 portraits.

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This photograph was taken a month before MacMillan collapsed and died backstage during a performance of Mayerling at the Royal Opera House.

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  • Faces of the Century, 1999 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 22 October 1999 to 30 January 2000), p. 206

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Current affairs

The Church of England votes narrowly in favour of the ordination of women priests. The first women priests were ordained in 1994, inspiring the popular sitcom The Vicar of Dibley.
John Major is forced to take the pound off the European Exchange Rate Mechanism after Black Wednesday, when currency dealers continued selling sterling despite a dramatic increase in interest rates. The event damaged the Conservative party's reputation irreparably.

Art and science

The long-running sitcom Absolutely Fabulous airs for the first time on the BBC starring Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley as style-obsessed, middle-aged media luvvies Eddy and Patsy. June Whitfield played Eddy's mother, and Julia Sawalha her long-suffering daughter Saffy (or, 'sweetie darling').

International

Members of the European Community sign the Maastricht Treaty leading to the creation of the European Union. The treaty led to the creation of the 'Euro' currency and its policy was based on a 'three pillars structure' concerned with: 1. Community. 2 . Foreign and Security Policy. 3. Criminal Matters.
At a referendum, Bosnia and Herzegovina vote to become a separate state from Yugoslavia. Civil war soon broke out.

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