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When China Wiped Out the Common Sparrow And Slit Its Own Throat (1958)

When China's Communist Party killed 30m people in a botched plan ...

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The Lesbian Gateways Club on the King’s Road and The Killing of Sister George

Between the 9th and 16th of June in 1968 The Gateways club became internationally famous when it appeared as a backdrop to many scenes filmed for The Killing Of Sister George, a movie starring Beryl Reid, Coral Browne and Susannah York. ...

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Ruth Ellis Poses For Captain Ritchie’s Camera (1954)

The last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom undresses in the flat above her club on the Brompton Road in Knightsbridge ...

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Roger Mayne – Brilliant Post-War Street Photography

Roger Mayne was, undoubtedly, one of the great British post-war photographers. He was born in ...

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The Kansas Beard Grown Contest of 1957

Pictures of a 1957 beard growing contest in as Olathe, Kansas ...

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Things Found In Records: Sex, Drugs And Weirdness Slipped Inside Vinyl Sleeves

"The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seemed filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster" - Elizabeth Bishop (The Complete Poems 1927-1979) ...

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Human Clay: Lee Friedlander’s Intimate Portraits Of Famous Friends And Somebody’s Children

"You’ve found something that you like and you play with it for the rest of your life” - Lee Friedlander ...

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Love On The Left Bank: Casting Shadows In The City Of Light (1954)

Ed Van der Elsken follows Ann as she lives the life of dreams. ...

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Belfast 1955: Gorgeous Photographs Of The City Of Ships

In 1955, Bert Hardy recorded life in Belfast, Northern Ireland, a city famous throughout the ...

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Job Hunting: Hunter S. Thompson’s Guide To Writing A Great Cover Letter

Why aim for mediocrity? ...

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Rare Photos Of Frida Kahlo Wearing A Plaster Communist Corset, Feeding Ducks And On A New York Rooftop

These rare photographs of Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907–July 13, 1954) are from a show at ...

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The Art Of Writing: The Joy Of Illustrated Letters (1800-1980)

Remember handwritten letters? Pretty much the only handwritten missives anyone gets today are birthday cards. But ...

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