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The British New Wave Films and the Books That Inspired Them

The British New Wave Films and the Books That Inspired Them

A slight relaxation of censorship by the late fifties together with the invention of lightweight portable cameras and faster film stock made it easier for directors such as Tony Richardson, Karel Reisz and Lindsay Anderson to make films on location away from London and the usual film studios. ...
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1940s Pre-Code Comic Book Horrors And Dr Wertham’s 1954 Seduction of the Innocent

1940s Pre-Code Comic Book Horrors And Dr Wertham’s 1954 Seduction of the Innocent

“There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well ...
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Those Swinging 60s Sweater Studs That Made Men Easy And Women Yield

Those Swinging 60s Sweater Studs That Made Men Easy And Women Yield

YOU’VE seen them – those needle-craft booklets that were so popular in decades past.  When it ...
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Abnormal Tales: 33 Vintage Lesbian Paperbacks From the 50s And 60s

Abnormal Tales: 33 Vintage Lesbian Paperbacks From the 50s And 60s

“TWISTED”, “Depraved”, “Warped” – these are words often found on the covers of sleazy lesbian ...
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Kill The Toff: The Prolific John Creasey And His Class Act

Kill The Toff: The Prolific John Creasey And His Class Act

THE Toff, or to give him his proper name, the Honourable Richard Rollison, was the ...
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10 Reasons Aerobics In The 1980s Was Crazy Awesome

10 Reasons Aerobics In The 1980s Was Crazy Awesome

BY THE 1980s, the Baby Boomers, who had enjoyed the Sexual Revolution as trim youth, suddenly ...
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Loads Of Women Running From Houses: The Gothic Romance Paperback

Loads Of Women Running From Houses: The Gothic Romance Paperback

  THE Gothic horror tradition can be traced back to any number of sources.  Mathew Lewis' ...
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Horror TV Boom: The 5 Best X-Files Knock-offs From The 1990s   

Horror TV Boom: The 5 Best X-Files Knock-offs From The 1990s  

  CHRIS Carter’s landmark TV series The X-Files (1993 – 2002) proved not only a ratings ...
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20 Odd and Unsavory Retro Cookbooks

20 Odd and Unsavory Retro Cookbooks

HERE is a smorgasbord of vintage cookbooks featuring some of the most unappetizing gastro-abominations ever put ...
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Tiananmen Square: Prelude To A Massacre In 55 Photos

Tiananmen Square: Prelude To A Massacre In 55 Photos

ON June 4 1989, the Chinese army massacred hundreds of demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. Before the State ...
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In the 1980s Dick Gregory Wanted To Cure The Very Fat: Walter Hudson Became His Pet Project

In the 1980s Dick Gregory Wanted To Cure The Very Fat: Walter Hudson Became His Pet Project

IN the 1980s, human rights activist and comedian Dick Gregory became involved in weight loss. ...
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It’s A Bird! It’s A Dame! It’s Your Illustrated Guide To Supergirl!

It’s A Bird! It’s A Dame! It’s Your Illustrated Guide To Supergirl!

  WITH so many Marvel and DC movies coming out, it may be time to brush up ...
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