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From A to Zed: Press Pack for John Boorman’s ‘Zardoz’ – 1974

From A to Zed: Press Pack for John Boorman’s ‘Zardoz’ – 1974

"Most people didn't get it," said John Boorman, who explained what Zardoz it was all about ...
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Sex, Latin, and Martyrdom: Derek Jarman’s ‘Sebastiane’ 1976 (NSFW)

Sex, Latin, and Martyrdom: Derek Jarman’s ‘Sebastiane’ 1976 (NSFW)

Jarman saw himself as Sebastiane. A man punished for being "other" ...
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The Alien Detection Kit: Carl Jung’s 1957 Letter on UFOs

The Alien Detection Kit: Carl Jung’s 1957 Letter on UFOs

In 1957, Carl Jung was asked to share his views on UFOs, a subject that had interested him for years ...
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A Walk Around Brixton in The 1980s

A Walk Around Brixton in The 1980s

We're on a walking tour of 1980s Brixton in South London in the company of Peter Marshall ...
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John Steinbeck’s Wonderful Letter On Racism – 1937

John Steinbeck’s Wonderful Letter On Racism – 1937

"If I had enough money, I would take busloads of people out to the fields ...
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Vintage Hollywood Stars Dressed-Up as Easter Bunnies – And Why They Did It

Vintage Hollywood Stars Dressed-Up as Easter Bunnies – And Why They Did It

This allegedly is how the Easter Bunny and the fine tradition of giving chocolate eggs to people on Easter Sunday morning began. ...
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Farting Drums, Sex Gods And The Namazu Catfish Quakes Censored In Edo Japan

Farting Drums, Sex Gods And The Namazu Catfish Quakes Censored In Edo Japan

Banned in Japan: when giant catfish shook the country ...
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The End of Days: Albrecht Dürer’s Woodcuts for ‘The Apocalypse’ – 1498

The End of Days: Albrecht Dürer’s Woodcuts for ‘The Apocalypse’ – 1498

The rise of the neighbouring Ottoman Empire instilled a terror of the Turks. For many Christians, this fear had merged with a belief the coming millennium 1500 would see the end of the world as foretold in Saint John's Book of Revelation. ...
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Salvador Dali’s Christmas Cards for Hallmark and Hoechst Ibérica

Salvador Dali’s Christmas Cards for Hallmark and Hoechst Ibérica

For Christmas 1960, Spanish artist Salvador Dalí (11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989) designed greeting cards for Hallmark ...
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Pavel Tchelitchew : Psychedelic Skulls, Spiritual Heads & Interior Landscapes

Pavel Tchelitchew : Psychedelic Skulls, Spiritual Heads & Interior Landscapes

Pavel Tchelitchew (1898, Moscow - 1957, Rome) was a set designer, costume designer, one-time ballerina and artist who reduced the material to the spiritual and then injected it with divine energy. ...
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Buy Prints 31 Visions of Hell, Satan, Demons And Cabbalistic Signs From A 1775 Compendium Of Horrors

31 Visions of Hell, Satan, Demons And Cabbalistic Signs From A 1775 Compendium Of Horrors

Visions of Hell, Satan and Demons according to the Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae sistematisatae per celeberrimos Artis hujus Magistros, 1775 ...
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Buy Prints Calaveras: José Posada’s Skeletons Celebrate Life, Mock The Elite And Hail Mexico’s Day Of the Dead (1880 – 1913)

Calaveras: José Posada’s Skeletons Celebrate Life, Mock The Elite And Hail Mexico’s Day Of the Dead (1880 – 1913)

Mexican illustrator José Guadalupe Posada gave us calaveras, representations of the human skeleton seen in Mexico's Day of the Dead ...
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