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The 50th Anniversary of the Movie ‘Performance’

The 50th Anniversary of the Movie ‘Performance’

"I'll tell you this: the only performance that makes it, that really makes it, that makes it all the way, is the one that achieves madness. Right? Am I right? You with me?" - Turner ...
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Canary Wharf and the Isle of Dogs In the 1980s – Before the Big Money Rolled In

Canary Wharf and the Isle of Dogs In the 1980s – Before the Big Money Rolled In

"Our country's not an island any more. This is the decade in which London will become Europe's capital, having cleared away the out-dated. We've got mile after mile or acre after acre of land for our future prosperity. No other city in the world has got, right at its centre, such an opportunity for profitable progress" - Harold Shand, The Long Good Friday (1981) ...
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Let It Rock Magazine and Barney Bubbles

Let It Rock Magazine and Barney Bubbles

Let It Rock was a monthly British music magazine that ran from October 1972 and December 1975 (35 issues) ...
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When Tommy Roberts, Johnny Halliday and Sylvia Vartan Brought Hippy Chic To Paris (1967)

When Tommy Roberts, Johnny Halliday and Sylvia Vartan Brought Hippy Chic To Paris (1967)

"By 1967 Haight Ashbury hippie culture had taken off in London. At Kleptomania – my boutique around the corner from Carnaby Street at 10 Kingly Street – it was embraced with gusto" - Tommy Roberts ...
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Florence Ilott Races Big Ben (1934)

Florence Ilott Races Big Ben (1934)

I want to tell you about a remarkable woman that you almost certainly haven't heard of... ...
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Ed and Kath’s Wedding Day in Bermondsey (1953)

Ed and Kath’s Wedding Day in Bermondsey (1953)

A reader sent us these great photos of her dad on his wedding day... ...
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Brilliant Kodachrome Photos Of London In October 1977

Brilliant Kodachrome Photos Of London In October 1977

In October 1977, Mats Örn flew in to London from his native Sweden. And he started to take photos... ...
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London Retro – Ektachrome Snapshots from the 1960s

London Retro – Ektachrome Snapshots from the 1960s

In 1962 when the first of these photos were taken the photographer was just 13 ...
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The Gruesome Murders at 10 Rillington Place and the Beginning of the End of the Death Penalty

The Gruesome Murders at 10 Rillington Place and the Beginning of the End of the Death Penalty

At just before 9am at Pentonville Prison on 15th July 1953 and with his arms already pinioned behind his back, John Reginald Halliday Christie complained that he had an itchy nose. The hangman, Albert Pierrepoint, told him not to worry too much,  ‘it won’t bother you for long,’ he said. ...
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Remembering the Scala Cinema: London’s All-Night ‘Country Club for Lunatics’

Remembering the Scala Cinema: London’s All-Night ‘Country Club for Lunatics’

‘The Scala had magic. It was like joining a very secret club, like a biker gang or something…' - John Waters ...
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Colour Snapshots of Leeds to London in the 1970s

Colour Snapshots of Leeds to London in the 1970s

'There are all these little tiny things that you notice when you’re a truck driver and they are just as interesting as all this other stuff in the world' - Peter Mitchell ...
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The Peter Small Connection: Boy George at Street Theatre, The Regal and The Foundry

The Peter Small Connection: Boy George at Street Theatre, The Regal and The Foundry

"One day I was being lippy and said to Peter Small, the guy that ran it, ’Your windows are disgusting. I could do a much better job’" - Boy George ...
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