This inspiring volume assembles a remarkable global collection of 180 objects that showcase the human instinct to challenge authority.
Across millennia, dissent has been an essential ingredient in the development of human civilization, acting as a driving force behind social and political change. In I object, satirist Ian Hislop, along with co-writer Tom Hockenhull, gathers together some 180 objects that people have created, adapted, and used to mock and attack the status quo in societies as varied as eleventh-century bc Egypt, sixteenth-century England, and late twentieth-century Afghanistan. The objects―ranging from explicit symbols of dissidence such as badges, posters, prints, and ceramics, to items that contain hidden messages, such as wooden doors from Nigeria, a cotton kanga from Kenya, or a postage stamp from China―illuminate lost or forgotten moments in history, and give voice to those who have no other way to express their views safely.
The book is organized into three sections: the first looks at overt challenges to authority, from defaced coins to visual satire; the second explores how subversive messages, codes, and metaphors can be concealed in, for example, clothing and jewelry; the third investigates the role of the artist as activist.
I object is a celebration of the wit and ingenuity of those who have questioned the establishment, told through the objects they left behind. 190 illustrations

I object (British Museum, 8)

Arts & Photography

Hislop, Ian

Hockenhull, Thomas

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Thames&Hudson

Barry Took's Pick of "The News Quiz" (BBC Radio Collection)

Humor & Entertainment

Hamilton, Andy

COREN, Alan

Hardy, Jeremy

Anderson, Clive

Took, Barry

INGRAMS, RICHARD

Humor

BBC CONSUMER PUBLISHING

Following critical acclaim for The Wipers Times, Ian Hislop and Nick Newman have once again taken inspiration from real life events for their new play Trial by Laughter. William Hone, the forgotten hero of free speech, was a bookseller, publisher and satirist. In 1817, he stood trial for 'impious blasphemy and seditious libel'. The only crime he had committed was to be funny. Worse than that he was funny by parodying religious texts. And worst of all, he was funny about the despotic government and the libidinous monarchy. A Watermill Theatre production.

Trial by Laughter

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

Samuel French Ltd.

-- A popular guide to the Freedom of Information Act, now updated in a new edition -- Have you ever wanted to force open the secretive doors of government? This book provides all the tools you need. With a new foreword by Ian Hislop, it's also fully upda

Your Right to Know: A Citizen's Guide to the Freedom of Information Act

Brooke, Heather

Constitutional Law

Pluto Press

Your Right to Know - Second Edition: A Citizen's Guide to the Freedom of Information Act

Have you ever wanted to force open the secretive doors of government? This book provides all the tools you need. With a new foreword by Ian Hislop, it's also fully updated to include new tips for digging out information, new template letters, an expanded directory, new examples of case law, an expanded business chapter, and a new chapter on the law in Scotland.

Your Right To Know: A Citizen's Guide to the Freedom of Information Act

This magnificent commemorative volume traces the tragedy of the Great War in words and pictures. Best-selling author Max Arthur brilliantly conveys not only the heroism, but also the universal horror, futility, absurdity and boredom of early 20th-century warfare. From the frontline troops and the daily dance with death, to the support lines, communications, enlistment, training, and propaganda, the story of the war is illustrated with over 200 images that have been handpicked from the world famous collection of the Imperial War Museum in London. Every aspect of the soldier's life is covered in this brilliant collection of images and eyewitness accounts that bring the Great War to life once more.

Faces of World War I: The Great War in Words and Pictures

ARTHUR, Max

Photography & Video

Cassell

Celebrating 51 Glorious Years! The very best of Private Eye's unique blend of wit and humour. This 2012 Annual presents the year's best cartoons, jokes and spoofs, illustrated in colour throughout with sketches and photo-bubbles. A seasonal institution and a preennial Christmas bestseller with sales of over 75,000 copies.

Private Eye Annual 2012

Private Eye Productions Ltd.

The 2014 Private Eye Annual presents the year's best cartoons, jokes and spoofs from the UK's most successful satirical magazine. Illustrated in colour throughout with cartoons, sketches and photo-bubbles. Now in its 18th year the Private Eye Annual has become both a collector's item and a perennial Christmas bestseller with sales in excess of 60,000 copies. The perfect secret Santa gift at under a tenner!

Private Eye Annual 2014

The Private Eye Annual 2017 present's the year's best cartoons, jokes and spoofs from the UK's best selling satirical magazine. Illustrated in colour throughout with cartoons, sketches and photo-bubbles. Now in its 21st year the Private Eye Annual has become both a collector's item and a perennial Christmas bestseller - the perfect secret Santa gift at under a tenner!

Private Eye Annual 2017

Private Eye Annual 2019

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Almanacs & Yearbooks

Private Eye

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