title Uni: A Van Gogh Grant Cuts Protest, Plymouth, Devon - 8th March 1986 intro It's only a few days after the mass anti-Norman Fowler/grant cuts demo in London when, back in Plymouth, there's some follow-up activism in the city centre. It's a joint venture with Plymouth Art College, which has provided someone dressed up as Vincent van Gogh. There's a punch-line placard which reads "Dear Mr. Fowler, what more do you want, an arm and a leg?" in a reference to Vincent having already lost an ear. The protest also features one of Nosher's early signwriting efforts, in the form of the title strips on an information board. scan-120105-0001 A bloke with a pipe talks to Death scan-120105-0002 Roaming about with a giant pair of scissors scan-120105-0003 Maggie Thatcher joins in scan-120105-0004 Someone does an impression of Norman Fowler scan-120105-0007 Buskers do their thing scan-120105-0013 More political re-enactments scan-120105-0014 Leaflets are handed out scan-120105-0015 Mal Edgson poses for a photo scan-120105-0016 Nosher's signwriting effort scan-120105-0017 Vincent potters around with his palette scan-120105-0018 Students' Union Television - SUTV - interviews Death scan-120105-0019 Mal Edgson's rainbow jumper scan-120105-0020 Simon Bento and Karen Wilkins scan-120105-0021 A sack is hurled around outside Burton scan-120105-0022 Vincent outside Marks and Spencer scan-120105-0011 A human pyramid is about to form scan-120105-0024 The human pyramid scan-120105-0026 Ta-da! The human pyramid is ready scan-120105-0025 Wielding oversized scissors scan-120105-0005 Sam Kennedy in the Fly offices scan-120105-0006 Typing up a bit of Fly on 4" rolls of paper scan-120105-0009 Mervyn, one of the SU printers scan-120105-0010 Dai Edwards in the Fly office