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1973: Jimmy Savile hid in a Womble suit on Top of The Pops to leer at young girls

1973: Jimmy Savile hid in a Womble suit on Top of The Pops to leer at young girls

OPERATION Yewtree calls The Wombles. Mike Batt wrote their music. He went on the record: ...
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The 22 most unusual names in American political history

The 22 most unusual names in American political history

THE 22 most unusual, suggestive and bizarre names in American political history: [imagebrowser id=5817] Spotter: The ...
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11 terrifying beauty treatments from the 20th Century

11 terrifying beauty treatments from the 20th Century

BEAUTY is a brutal business. From silicon in your bum or your todger and lips that look ...
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Virginia Wade heads a list of British Wimbledon champions erased from the record books

Virginia Wade heads a list of British Wimbledon champions erased from the record books

WHEN Andy Murray won Wimbledon some of you might have picked up the whiff of ...
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Michael Caine explains the power of blinking in this acting workshop

Michael Caine explains the power of blinking in this acting workshop

  MICHAEL Caine shares with us the power of not blinking,. He keeps on going.... ...
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Fartgate: The Great ‘Iconic’ Wind-Passing Moments from the Cultural Archives

Fartgate: The Great ‘Iconic’ Wind-Passing Moments from the Cultural Archives

As The Archers Fartgate rumbles on, we look back at those great ‘iconic’ wind-passing moments from ...
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In 1978 Sex Pistol John Lydon told the BBC he’d like to murder Jimmy Savile (audio)

In 1978 Sex Pistol John Lydon told the BBC he’d like to murder Jimmy Savile (audio)

IN October 1978, when Jimmy Savile was in his paedo pomp, seducing kids on the ...
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In 1935 Ernest Hemingway wrote this letter in praise of ‘the bottle’

In 1935 Ernest Hemingway wrote this letter in praise of ‘the bottle’

IN 1935, Ernest Hemingway wrote to Ivan Kashkin, a Russian translator and critic,. The Post ...
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The 1982 Blade Runner convention reel

The 1982 Blade Runner convention reel

BLADE RUNNER is one of my all-time favourite films. The director's cut is even better. Future ...
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Marilyn Monroe: The Last Sitting in a Gif

Marilyn Monroe: The Last Sitting in a Gif

SIX weeks after Bert Stern took these pictures in June 1962, Marilyn Monroe died. The ...
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The sickening thrill of the Vietnam Selective Service lottery

The sickening thrill of the Vietnam Selective Service lottery

FLASHBACK to The Vietnam War: Draft Director Curtis W. Tarr spins a plexiglass drum containing ...
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Mirosalc Tichý: the eccentric photographer who recorded young women with his cardboard camera

Mirosalc Tichý: the eccentric photographer who recorded young women with his cardboard camera

  MIROSLAC  Tichý  (1926 - 2011) was the man with the homemade cardboard, plywood and tin ...
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    Photographs of The Romanovs’ Final Ball In Color, St Petersburg, Russia 1903

    Photographs of The Romanovs’ Final Ball In Color, St Petersburg, Russia 1903

      These portrait photographs of Russia's ruling Romanovs were taken in 1903 at the Winter Palace in majestic. St. Petersburg. Knowing what was to follow, the venue was apposite. St Petersburg is the city Christopher Hitchens called "an apparent temple of civilization: the polished window between Russia and Europe... 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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    Hanging Out in Leakey, Texas in 1973 – Photos by Marc St. Gil

    Hanging Out in Leakey, Texas in 1973 – Photos by Marc St. Gil

    Part of the Documerica project - a program sponsored by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to "photographically document subjects of environmental concern" in the United States from about 1972 to 1977. ...
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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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    ‘Teenage Historian’ Chuck Berry Reviews The Clash, Talking Heads, Joy Division And The Sex Pistols For A 1980 Punk Zine

    ‘Teenage Historian’ Chuck Berry Reviews The Clash, Talking Heads, Joy Division And The Sex Pistols For A 1980 Punk Zine

      In 1980, Chuck Berry spoke to St Louis-based punk zine Jet Lag (1980 -1991). Berry talked about his first gig, signing with Leonard Chess's Chess Records, his role as a "teenage historian" and "what the kids are listening to these days". He was invited to review some records. Chuck Berry's record ...
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