Founding Directors of Virago Press
2 of 3 portraits of Dame Carmen Callil
Founding Directors of Virago Press
by Susan Greenhill
bromide print, 5 July 1988
9 7/8 in. x 13 7/8 in. (250 mm x 354 mm) image size
Given by Susan Greenhill, 2000
Photographs Collection
NPG x134171
Sittersback to top
- Dame Carmen Callil (1938-2022), Writer and publisher; co-founder of Virago Press. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Lennie Goodings (1953-), Co-Director, Virago Press. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Ursula Margaret Owen (1937-), Co-founder and Managing Director, Virago Books; Editor and Chief Executive, Index on Censorship. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Alexandra Pringle, Co-Director, Virago Press. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Harriet Spicer (1950-), Publisher. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
Events of 1988back to top
Current affairs
A Pan Am jumbo jet is brought down by a bomb over Lockerbie in Scotland, killing 259 passengers and 11 people on the ground. The Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary launched Britain's largest criminal investigation before convicting a Libyan intelligence officer of planting the bomb.Art and science
Professor Stephen Hawking publishes his popular book on cosmology, A Brief History Of Time.Damien Hirst and his fellow Goldsmiths students organise the exhibition Freeze in a disused block in the Docklands. The exhibition launched the careers of many of the young British artists (YBAs) associated with Brit Art including Gary Hume, Michael Landy, Sarah Lucas, Angus Fairhurst, and Anya Gallaccio.
International
Iraq drops poison gas on the Iraqi Kurdish city of Halabja, killing thousands of civilians. The city was held at the time by Iranian forces and Iraqi Kurdish rebels, although there was initially some debate over which side was responsible for the atrocity. It was the largest-scale chemical attack on civilians in modern times.Comments back to top
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