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The Rise and Fall of Colin Wilson and the Night he Met Marilyn Monroe

The writer Colin Wilson once said: “I had taken it for granted that I was ...

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In Focus: Lance Nix’s Wonderful Life Of Photos

Anyone with a camera can take a picture. Ubiquitous mobile phones mean pretty much everyone ...

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The Naked Joy Of Wearing Fur: Photos 1950 – 1980

“Take off that darn fur coat!...Or maybe you'd like to have us open all the ...

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When Wearing Fur Was De Rigueur in London (1900 – 1950)

"Downy sins of streetlight fancies / Chase the costumes she shall wear / Ermine furs adorn the imperious / Severin, Severin awaits you there" - The Velvet Underground, Venus in Furs ...

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Paul Strand: Seeing The Blind (1915 – 1954)

Strand took many of his photographs using a decoy lens on his camera, duping the subject into thinking he was photographing something else. ...

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Listen To Nine-Year-Old Sly Stone Sing Gospel With His Family In 1952

On the day Sly Stone (born March 15, 1943) marks his birthday, we look ...

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Jack Kerouac’s 39 Rules for Writing Prose

Don't fret. It took Jack Kerouac all of three weeks to write On the ...

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20 Superb Mid-Century Advertising Trade Card Postcards

Via William Bird's collection

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Meat Is Beautiful: Art Of The Butcher’s Shop Window 1924 – 1970

“Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it, But we ...

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Ken Russell’s Brilliant Photos of Teddy Girls from 1955

In 1955 Ken Russell was commissioned to take photographs of working class girls in neo-edwardian clothing who called themselves Teddy Girls ...

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20 Mid-Century Christian Ventriloquism Albums

In the 1950s and 1960s Christian teachers turned to ventriloquism to teach kids about Jesus. They ...

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1950s Cookbooks: Recipes From A Decade Of Hope And Regret

So, I picked up a few midcentury cookbooks at an antiques store and thought ...

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