IMAGE
Winter, Mark, 1958- :King's Brooks to...opps... she's off the board. 18 July 2011
- Date
- 2011
- By
- Southland times (Newspaper)
- Reference
- DCDL-0018347
- Description
The cartoon shows the head of Rebekah Brooks as a chess piece which has fallen off the chessboard. A second version shows in colour Rebekah Brooks whose head has been severed from her neck - text reads 'Heads and tales'. A third version shows the head of Rebekah Brooks as a chess piece which has fallen off the chessboard - text reads 'King's Brooks to... opps... she's off the board'. Context: The phone hacking scandal in Britain that broke in July 2011. Rebekah Brooks was the editor of News of the World in 2002 when the paper hacked into the voicemail of then-missing 13-year-old Milly Dowler. Rupert Murdoch shut down 'News of the World' as soon as the scandal broke.
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- Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers / Winter, Mark, 1958- :[Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers]
- Format
- 3 digital cartoon(s), Works of art, Digital images, Cartoons (Commentary)
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Southland times (Newspaper). Winter, Mark, 1958- :King's Brooks to...opps... she's off the board. 18 July 2011. Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers. Ref: DCDL-0018347. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23529957More information can be found in our terms of use.