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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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Robert Crumb Draws God’s Meeting With Philip K. Dick (1974)

Robert Crumb Draws God’s Meeting With Philip K. Dick (1974)

'When I bend down to tie my shoes in the morning I think, ‘Christ almighty, what now?’ - Charles Bukowski ...
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An Old Warehouse at Philadelphia’s Navy Yard is Home To a Massive Sea Monster

An Old Warehouse at Philadelphia’s Navy Yard is Home To a Massive Sea Monster

'And then, slowly uncoiling their tentacles, they all began moving towards him - creeping at first deliberately, and making a soft purring sound to each other' - H.G. Wells, The Sea Raiders ...
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Kodachrome Snapshots of the British on The Beach

Kodachrome Snapshots of the British on The Beach

'Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside! I do like to be beside the sea! I do like to stroll along the Prom, Prom, Prom! Where the brass bands play, Tiddely-om-pom-pom!' - John A. Glover-Kind (1907) ...
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A Look Through Newsweek October 1958

A Look Through Newsweek October 1958

Possibly the greatest invention of mankind – the remote control!  “Space Command Remote Control TV Tuning!” - and MORE! ...
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Mechanations: Historical Machines As Three-Dimensional Exploded Diagrams

Mechanations: Historical Machines As Three-Dimensional Exploded Diagrams

'The machines I choose for my sculptures tend to be examples of great design and engineering... They are usually things with which most of us have some level of intimate experience... For example, the sewing machine your grandmother used, or the typewriter you learned to type on' - John Peralta ...
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One October Day In Hagerstown Maryland 1937

One October Day In Hagerstown Maryland 1937

A look around a small US city on a Saturday in the 1930s ...
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The 1939 New York World’s Fair Invents the Future: Welcome to ‘The World of Tomorrow’

The 1939 New York World’s Fair Invents the Future: Welcome to ‘The World of Tomorrow’

As the US emerged from the Great Depression, a utopian spirit took hold, a sense that technology, design, and global cooperation would bring about 'the World of Tomorrow' ...
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From Edinburgh to Glasgow in 1961

From Edinburgh to Glasgow in 1961

“We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilisation” - Voltaire ...
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‘Pile it High, Sell it Low’: The Saga of the Supermarket

‘Pile it High, Sell it Low’: The Saga of the Supermarket

In the US, there is a gigantic supermarket seemingly everywhere you look.  A Wal-Mart Super-Center ...
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Sinister Vintage Kodachrome Snapshots Of The British at Play

Sinister Vintage Kodachrome Snapshots Of The British at Play

Weird, sinister and fun snapshots of mid-Century Britons doing stuff! ...
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Watch M.C. Escher Make His Impossible Mathematical Art In This 1971 Film

Watch M.C. Escher Make His Impossible Mathematical Art In This 1971 Film

'Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it's in my basement... let me go upstairs and check' - MC Escher ...
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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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