Artists, Film, Writers, Composers, Theatre 1980s217

26-01-1980 - Bette Middler, London 1980 © NLA

26-01-1980 - Bette Middler, London 1980 © NLA

26-01-1980 - Bette Middler, London 1980 © NLA

28-01-1980 - Richard Ingrams, 1980, co-founder and editor of Private Eye, What the Papers Say Awards © NLA

12-02-1980 - Steven Berkoff directing and starring in Greek, The Half Moon Theatre, London, 1980. © Ian McIntosh

21-03-1980 - Actor Larry Hagman as J R Ewing promoting the new Dallas based soap, Dallas, BBC Television Centre, London, 1980 © NLA

21-03-1980 - Actor Larry Hagman as J R Ewing promoting the new Dallas based soap, Dallas, BBC Television Centre, London, 1980 © NLA

21-03-1980 - Actor Larry Hagman as J R Ewing promoting the new Dallas based soap, Dallas, BBC Television Centre, London, 1980 © NLA

21-03-1980 - Actor Larry Hagman as J R Ewing promoting the new Dallas based soap, Dallas, BBC Television Centre, London, 1980 © NLA

10-04-1980 - Clive Dunn performing, ASLEF Centenary Rally 1980 © Martin Mayer

10-04-1980 - Clive Dunn performing, ASLEF Centenary Rally 1980 © Martin Mayer

16-04-1980 - Journalist of the Year 1980 John Pilger of the Daily Mirror receiving award from Margaret Thatcher, British Press Awards © NLA

27-05-1980 - Gene Kelly guest of honour at a Variety Club lunch. With dancer and actress Suzanne Danielle, London 1980 © NLA

27-05-1980 - Gene Kelly guest of honour at a Variety Club lunch. With dancer and actress Suzanne Danielle, London 1980 © NLA

27-05-1980 - Gene Kelly guest of honour at a Variety Club lunch. With ballerina and a choreographer Alicia Markova London 1980 © NLA

01-06-1980 - Laurence Olivier in railway cap (R) 1980, naming a Celebrity Class 86 railway engine. Sir Richard Marsh (C) and a British Rail employee © NLA

01-06-1980 - Laurence Olivier in railway cap (R) 1980, naming a Celebrity Class 86 railway engine. Sir Richard Marsh (C) and a British Rail employee © NLA

08-08-1980 - Sammy Davis Junior book signing copies of his book Hollywood in a Suitcase, Selfridges store, Oxford Street, London 1980 © NLA

08-08-1980 - Sammy Davis Junior book signing copies of his book Hollywood in a Suitcase, Selfridges store, Oxford Street, London 1980 © NLA

08-08-1980 - Sammy Davis Junior book signing copies of his book Hollywood in a Suitcase, Selfridges store, Oxford Street, London 1980 © NLA

14-08-1980 - Black and white dancers, Notting Hill Carnival London 1980 © John Harris

14-08-1980 - Black and white dancers, Notting Hill Carnival London 1980 © John Harris

16-08-1980 - Sir John Betjeman and Madeline Smith, 1980 actress and one of the James Bond girls © NLA

01-09-1980 - Actor Sean Connery, Classic Celebrity Pro Am Golf Tournament held at the RAC Golf and Country Club, Surrey 1980 © NLA

01-09-1980 - Actor Sean Connery, Classic Celebrity Pro Am Golf Tournament held at the RAC Golf and Country Club, Surrey 1980 © NLA

01-09-1980 - Actor Sean Connery, Classic Celebrity Pro Am Golf Tournament held at the RAC Golf and Country Club, Surrey 1980 © NLA

01-09-1980 - Seve Ballesteros and Bob Hope talking, Classic Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Tournament held at the RAC Golf and Country Club, Surrey 1980 © NLA

01-09-1980 - Spanish professional golfer Seve Ballesteros and entertainer Bob Hope talking, Classic Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Tournament held at the RAC Golf and Country Club, Surrey 1980 © NLA

20-10-1980 - Man reading a book, Palace of Versailles, France © David Mansell

02-12-1980 - David Attenborough with Cocky the cockatoo, London Zoo 1980 to publicise a training scheme for zoo keepers © NLA

02-12-1980 - David Attenborough with Cocky the cockatoo, London Zoo 1980 to publicise a training scheme for zoo keepers © NLA

28-01-1981 - James Galway, pipe smoker of the Year London 1981, awarded by the Briar Pipe Trade Association and celebrated by smoking a flute shaped pipe © Martin Mayer

28-01-1981 - James Galway, pipe smoker of the Year London 1981, awarded by the Briar Pipe Trade Association and celebrated by smoking a flute shaped pipe © Martin Mayer

25-02-1981 - Campaign to save the National Youth Theatre from Arts Council cuts, London 1981 © NLA

31-03-1981 - Leo Hurwitz American documentary filmmaker, London 1981; Member of Workers Film and Photo League; founder of Nykino; founder of Frontier Films; director of 'Native Land'; director of 'Heart of Spain';... © Martin Mayer

31-03-1981 - Leo Hurwitz American documentary filmmaker, London 1981; Member of Workers Film and Photo League; founder of Nykino; founder of Frontier Films; director of 'Native Land'; director of 'Heart of Spain';... © Martin Mayer

31-03-1981 - Leo Hurwitz American documentary filmmaker, London 1981; Member of Workers Film and Photo League; founder of Nykino; founder of Frontier Films; director of 'Native Land'; director of 'Heart of Spain';... © Martin Mayer

31-03-1981 - Leo Hurwitz American documentary filmmaker, London 1981; Member of Workers Film and Photo League; founder of Nykino; founder of Frontier Films; director of 'Native Land'; director of 'Heart of Spain';... © Martin Mayer

31-03-1981 - Leo Hurwitz American documentary filmmaker, London 1981; Member of Workers Film and Photo League; founder of Nykino; founder of Frontier Films; director of 'Native Land'; director of 'Heart of Spain';... © Martin Mayer

04-05-1981 - Jill Craigie (L) and Jill Tweedie (R), feminist protest, London 1981 against Margaret Thatcher in particular © NLA

20-06-1981 - Rock Against Racism concert by The Specials, The Butts, Coventry 1981. An enthusiastic group of black and white youth cheer in the audience © John Sturrock

30-06-1981 - The Sadista Sisters, The Half Moon Theatre, London 1981 © NLA

30-06-1981 - The Sadista Sisters, The Half Moon Theatre, London 1981 © NLA

30-06-1981 - The Sadista Sisters, The Half Moon Theatre, London 1981 © NLA

30-06-1981 - The Sadista Sisters, The Half Moon Theatre, London 1981 © NLA

10-07-1981 - A snake handler at the Notting Hill Carnival, 1981. © John Sturrock

10-07-1981 - Notting Hill Carnival in 1981. © John Sturrock

21-07-1981 - Comedian Tommy Trinder, memorial service for Jack Warner, London 1981. He was a member of the Grand Order of Water Rats, is wearing their tie and a small gold emblem shaped as a water rat on the left... © Martin Mayer

31-08-1981 - 1981 police stand guard on the corner of Westbourne Park Road and Portobello Road beneath a mural of anti slavery American president Abraham Lincoln during the Notting Hill Carnival © Philip Wolmuth

17-09-1981 - George Best, book signing London 1981 with his wife Angie. Where Do I Go from Here?: An Autobiography by George Best and Geoffrey Wright © Martin Mayer

17-09-1981 - George Best, book signing London 1981 with his wife Angie. Where Do I Go from Here?: An Autobiography by George Best and Geoffrey Wright © Martin Mayer

17-09-1981 - George Best, book signing London 1981 with his wife Angie. Where Do I Go from Here?: An Autobiography by George Best and Geoffrey Wright © Martin Mayer

22-10-1981 - Hoover Art Deco building, Perivale, Ealing, London, 1981 © NLA

23-10-1981 - The Hoover building, West London 1981. 1933 grade II listed building © NLA

26-10-1981 - Elvis Presley statue being delivered to Capital Radio, London 1981 © NLA

02-11-1981 - Film and television director Roland Joffe, London 1981 © NLA

02-11-1981 - Film and television director Roland Joffe, London 1981 © NLA

02-11-1981 - Film and television director Roland Joffe, London 1981 © NLA

24-11-1981 - Playwright Howard Brenton 1981 at a meeting to set up a defence fund for the 1968 Theatres Act which abolished censorship in the theatre and against prosecution for gross indecency by Mary Whitehouse... © Martin Mayer

24-11-1981 - Playwright Howard Brenton 1981 at a meeting to set up a defence fund for the 1968 Theatres Act which abolished censorship in the theatre and against prosecution for gross indecency by Mary Whitehouse... © Martin Mayer

24-11-1981 - Playwright Howard Brenton 1981 at a meeting to set up a defence fund for the 1968 Theatres Act which abolished censorship in the theatre and against prosecution for gross indecency by Mary Whitehouse... © Martin Mayer

24-11-1981 - Playwright Howard Brenton 1981 with Andrew Leigh, The Old Vic (C), Laurence Harbottle, President of the Theatrical Management Association at a meeting to set up a defence fund for the 1968 Theatres Ac... © Martin Mayer

01-12-1981 - Lionel Bart 1981, memorial service for Jessie Matthews, Covent Garden, London. Lionel Bart, writer and composer of British pop music, film music and musicals © NLA

22-01-1982 - Jonathan Dimbleby launch of Beyond the Cold War by EP Thompson 1982 © NLA

22-01-1982 - Historian EP Thompson launch of Beyond the Cold War 1982 © NLA

22-01-1982 - Jonathan Dimbleby, EP Thompson 1982 launch of Beyond the Cold War © NLA

22-01-1982 - Historian E P Thompson at the launch of his book Beyond the Cold War, New Approach to the Arms Race and Nuclear Annihilation, London © NLA

22-01-1982 - Historian E P Thompson at the launch of his book Beyond the Cold War, New Approach to the Arms Race and Nuclear Annihilation, London © NLA

17-02-1982 - Terry Wogan with Barry Norman, 1982, Foyles Literary luncheon, Grosvenor House Hotel, London © Martin Mayer

17-02-1982 - Terry Wogan with Barry Norman, 1982, Foyles Literary luncheon, Grosvenor House Hotel, London © Martin Mayer

18-03-1982 - Michael Bogdanov theatre director, National Theatre, London 1982 © NLA

01-04-1982 - CLR James, International Book Fair, London 1982 © NLA

01-04-1982 - CLR James international book fair, London 1982 © Peter Arkell

01-04-1982 - CLR James international book fair, London 1982 © Peter Arkell

28-04-1982 - Wilfred Bramble at the memorial for Harry Corbett, London © NLA

29-04-1982 - Wilfred Bramble, memorial for Harry Corbett, London 1982 © NLA

20-05-1982 - Adrian Mitchell (L) and Ralph Steadman, book signing, London 1982 for his Collected Poems 1953-1979 for which Steadman did the illustrations © NLA

20-05-1982 - Adrian Mitchell (L) and Ralph Steadman, book signing, London 1982 for his Collected Poems 1953-1979 for which Steadman did the illustrations © NLA

20-05-1982 - Adrian Mitchell (L) and Ralph Steadman, book signing, London 1982 for his Collected Poems 1953-1979 for which Steadman did the illustrations © NLA

17-08-1982 - Paul Hogan 1982 promoting The Paul Hogan Show for Channel 4 © Martin Mayer

17-08-1982 - Paul Hogan 1982 promoting The Paul Hogan Show for Channel 4 © Martin Mayer

17-08-1982 - Paul Hogan 1982 promoting The Paul Hogan Show for Channel 4 © Martin Mayer

17-08-1982 - Paul Hogan 1982 promoting The Paul Hogan Show for Channel 4 © Martin Mayer

15-10-1982 - Limbo dancing in the canteen at the main Stamping and Body Plant, Ford Dagenham, Essex. The limbo was part of a lunchtime concert promoted by the GLC at the car plant © Stefano Cagnoni

01-11-1982 - Jimmy Boyle convicted murderer, author and sculptor Scotland 1982 © Rick Matthews

17-11-1982 - Theatre Royal Haymarket London 1982 Peter O'Toole, James Grout, Lisa Harrow, Jackie Smith-Wood and Robert Beatty, Man And Superman by G B Shaw © Stefano Cagnoni

17-11-1982 - Theatre Royal Haymarket London 1982 Lisa Harrow as Anne Whitfield, Man And Superman by G B Shaw © Stefano Cagnoni

17-11-1982 - Theatre Royal Haymarket London 1982 Joyce Carey as Mrs Whitefield and Peter O'Toole as John Tanner, Man And Superman by G B Shaw © Stefano Cagnoni

17-11-1982 - Theatre Royal Haymarket London 1982 Peter O'Toole as John Tanner, Lisa Harrow as Anne Whitefield, Man And Superman by G B Shaw © Stefano Cagnoni

12-12-1982 - Embrace the base women protest, Greenham Common 1982 American Airforce Base from which cruse missile launchers were deployed. 1982 Protestor singing and playing guitar. © John Harris

12-12-1982 - Embrace the base women protest at Greenham Common 1982 USAF American Airforce Base from which cruse missile launchers were deployed. 1982 Protestor singing and playing guitar. © John Harris

22-12-1982 - Bill Wyman, Rolling Stones and autograph hunters, Sotheby's sale, London 1982 © Ray Rising

01-01-1983 - Two girls sitting on the floor watching a cartoon on television. © Paul Carter

06-01-1983 - Frank Zappa with LSO, Barbican, London 1983. Zappa talking about his concert with the London Symphony Orchestra © NLA

06-01-1983 - Frank Zappa with LSO, Barbican, London 1983. Zappa talking about his concert with the London Symphony Orchestra; © NLA

14-01-1983 - EP Thompson (L) opening an exhibition by Peter Kennard (R), 1983. Dispatches from an Unofficial War Artist, County Hall, London GLC Peace Year. Defended to Death © NLA

01-03-1983 - GLC peace poster on the streets of London at the height of the Cold War between the USA and the USSR. A photomontage by Peter Kennard on nuclur weapons and mutually assured destruction or MAD- a doctr... © Stefano Cagnoni

05-03-1983 - School for Cambodian refugees. Khao I Dhang Holding Centre, Thailand, 1983 © Masanori Kobayashi

10-03-1983 - Gerald Scarfe exhibition, The Royal Festival Hall London 1983 with a statue of Margaret Thatcher, The Tomb of the Unemployed © NLA

10-03-1983 - Gerald Scarfe exhibition, The Royal Festival Hall London 1983 with a statue of Margaret Thatcher, The Tomb of the Unemployed © NLA