Spring:  This cover represents an homage to Belgian Surrealist artist René Magritte.

He was known for depicting ordinary objects in an unusual context.

The original work of art was entitled The Treachery of Images and it consisted of a pipe with the phrase "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" ("This is not a pipe") below it.

It was a painting, after all, and not a pipe.

Our piece shows a 1980s IBM PC with the phrase "Ceci n'est pas un ordinateur" ("This is not a computer") below it.

In our case, it was a cover and not a computer. But there were also many people from the period of the IBM PC who claimed that it wasn't a real computer.

We also added an image of a man running towards a fire exit with the United Kingdom's Union Jack in the background on the computer monitor.

This was a reference to the looming chaos of Brexit as the deadline date was coming up quickly.

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