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The Bizarre Book Covers for the First U.S. Paperback Editions of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Books, Made By an Artist Who Had Never Read Them

The Bizarre Book Covers for the First U.S. Paperback Editions of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Books, Made By an Artist Who Had Never Read Them

Barbara Remington’s first cover is truly an exercise in interpreting the idea of The Hobbit, rather than its content, since she was not given a chance to read the book when she received the commission. ...
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Brilliant Photos of Hulme – 1980s and 1990s

Brilliant Photos of Hulme – 1980s and 1990s

Hulme was "a dangerous, lawless place to be avoided we were told! So obviously the next day I decided to explore Hulme, see for myself" ...
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The Little Woman who knew all the Big, Big Stars: The Incredible Photo Album found in a Thrift Store

The Little Woman who knew all the Big, Big Stars: The Incredible Photo Album found in a Thrift Store

Maria Snoeys-Lagler's fabulous found photo album ...
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Alice Denham : The Topless Model Who Wrote For Playboy

Alice Denham : The Topless Model Who Wrote For Playboy

Alice Denham squired James Dean (a tender lover), Joseph Heller (good kisser), Philip Roth ("on fire") and Hugh Hefner (“a good ride, a steady canter”) ...
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Murder In Mind: Terror Stalks The Avengers Set, 1961

Murder In Mind: Terror Stalks The Avengers Set, 1961

During a break in camera rehearsals for The Avengers, actors Ian Hendry and Patrick MacNee were having a sneaky lunchtime drink in the Angler's Arms, near A.B.C.'s Teddington Studios, when producer Dennis Vance burst in wielding a carving knife... ...
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The Construction of the Forth Railway Bridge, a 19th Century Engineering Marvel

The Construction of the Forth Railway Bridge, a 19th Century Engineering Marvel

These photos date from between 1886 and 1890. ...
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Art Power: 30 Fantastic Posters and Flyers From The Paris Uprising – May 1968

Art Power: 30 Fantastic Posters and Flyers From The Paris Uprising – May 1968

These posters, flyers and hand-outs were made by Marxist group The Atelier Populaire, who occupied the lithography studios at the École des Beaux-Arts during the Paris uprising of May 1968 ...
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Carry on England: The Scathing Caricatures and Bawdy Erotica of Thomas Rowlandson (NSFW-ish)

Carry on England: The Scathing Caricatures and Bawdy Erotica of Thomas Rowlandson (NSFW-ish)

It should have happened. A Carry On movie loosely based on the life of artist, caricaturist and all-round bad-boy Thomas Rowlandson. ...
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The Original Back to the Future DeLorean DMC-12, Lovingly Restored to “Better Than New Condition”

The Original Back to the Future DeLorean DMC-12, Lovingly Restored to “Better Than New Condition”

You may have heard: the iconic DeLorean DMC-12 is coming back, thanks to Stephen Wynne, CEO of the revamped DeLorean Motor Company. ...
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A Second Bill of Rights To Save Racist America From Fascism (1944)

A Second Bill of Rights To Save Racist America From Fascism (1944)

On January 11 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt used his State of the Union address to outline his Second Bill of Rights. ...
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‘An Utterly Different City’ – London in 1973

‘An Utterly Different City’ – London in 1973

Much of the food we tried in London -- and in England generally -- was bland, tasteless, and (in restaurants) overcooked, as we'd been told it would be. Saying no to it was easy. ...
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Paintings of Mystery and Imagination: Bernie Wrightson’s artwork for the tales of Edgar Allan Poe

Paintings of Mystery and Imagination: Bernie Wrightson’s artwork for the tales of Edgar Allan Poe

Bernie Wrightson was one of the greatest graphic artist of the past fifty years. He was revered and respected by the likes of Neil Gaiman, Joss Whedon and Guillermo Del Toro, who took a twenty-four hour vow of silence after Wrightson died in 2017 at the age of 68. ...
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    The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976

    The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976

    Dave Lee's guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book ...
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    The Bystanders’ Snapshots of John F. Kennedy’s Murder in Dallas, 1963

    The Bystanders’ Snapshots of John F. Kennedy’s Murder in Dallas, 1963

    How snapshots told the story of the day the world changed ...
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    Raymond Chandler’s Guide to Street, Hoodlum, and Prison Lingo

    Raymond Chandler’s Guide to Street, Hoodlum, and Prison Lingo

    Some of the best parts of Chandler's notebooks were his compilations of pickpocket lingo, jail house slang, and terms used by Narcs ...
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    Spivs and the Post-War British Gangster Films

    Spivs and the Post-War British Gangster Films

    In January 1948 the Observer film critic, C.A. Lejeune, made no attempt to hide her disapproving tone when reviewing the Boulting Brothers’ Brighton Rock: “Graham Greene’s savage story about a couple of race-course gangs and their fancy ways with a razor is one of the most brutal things I have seen on the ...
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    Photographer Updates Postcards Of 1960s Resorts Into Their Abandoned Ruins

    Photographer Updates Postcards Of 1960s Resorts Into Their Abandoned Ruins

    Ephemeral, disposable, they served only one purpose—to let someone know "I'm here. I'm thinking of you" - Pablo Iglesias Maurer ...
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    Opening Night at The Haçienda: New Order’s Manchester Club Begins Its Legendary 15-Year Run in 1982

    Opening Night at The Haçienda: New Order’s Manchester Club Begins Its Legendary 15-Year Run in 1982

    You know the story, or a version of it, if you’ve seen 24 Hour Party People. New Order—or rather, their manager Rob Gretton—opens a club with Factory Records’ Tony Wilson in 1982. From the start, it’s a financial disaster... ...
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    The Death of Cass Elliot and Keith Moon at Harry Nilsson’s Macabre Mayfair Flat

    The Death of Cass Elliot and Keith Moon at Harry Nilsson’s Macabre Mayfair Flat

    Cass Elliot died choking on a ham sandwich; everybody knows that. Except that she didn’t. ...
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    ‘I’m A Fat Boy Now’ – The Diabetes Miracle (1922)

    ‘I’m A Fat Boy Now’ – The Diabetes Miracle (1922)

    This is known as one of medicine's most incredible moments. Imagine a room full of parents sitting at the bedside waiting for the inevitable death of their child. ...
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    Jesus Amongst the Fans: The Naked Hippie Dancer

    Jesus Amongst the Fans: The Naked Hippie Dancer

      It was a Saturday evening, St Valentine’s Day 1970, when William Jellett first thought he might be Jesus. He was on the London Underground, travelling back from work, and noticed the headline of the newspaper unfurled opposite him: “Cambridge riots — two policemen beaten up”. There had been student protests the ...
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    The LSD Archive at The Institute of Illegal Images

    The LSD Archive at The Institute of Illegal Images

    “It kept me from eating it if it was framed on the wall” - Mark Mcloud on his amazing collection of LSD Blotters ...
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