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In 1969 Pippi Longstocking (aka Pippi Långstrump) celebrated the word ‘spunk’ (video)

In 1969 Pippi Longstocking (aka Pippi Långstrump) celebrated the word ‘spunk’ (video)

IN 1969, Pippi Longstocking (aka Pippi Långstrump) was a TV star. Living in her father's cottage Villa Villekulla, ...
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Beautiful Polish film posters for banned American films

Beautiful Polish film posters for banned American films

BEFORE the Wall came down and the EU came knocking, Polish film posters for American ...
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34 photographs of New York City in the 19th century

34 photographs of New York City in the 19th century

34 photographs of New York City in the 19th century: (more…)
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The New York Subway – a wonderful history in 60 photographs

The New York Subway – a wonderful history in 60 photographs

THE New York Subway's 28 stations were opened for business on October 27, 1904. It ...
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In this photo proof that Liberace’s young lover Scott Thorson had a love affair with Michael Jackson?

In this photo proof that Liberace’s young lover Scott Thorson had a love affair with Michael Jackson?

THE Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra tells the story of the pianist and his lover ...
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In 1989 The Stone Roses Ian Brown and John Squire were interviewed by Music Box – it was brilliantly awful

IN 1989, Ian Brown and John Squire of The Stone Roses were interviewed for Music ...
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Photo: June 17, 1986 – Boy George appears in an episode of the A Team

Photo: June 17, 1986 – Boy George appears in an episode of the A Team

FLASHBACK to June 5 1986: Boy George is on the A Team. The original AP ...
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In 1979 Philip Glass Taught Sesame Street Viewers the Geometry of Circles

In 1979 Philip Glass Taught Sesame Street Viewers the Geometry of Circles

  Contuing our occasional look at Sesame Street, arguably the greatest ever children's TV show, we ...
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Photos and video: The Coronation Review of The Fleet at Spithead, 1953

Photos and video: The Coronation Review of The Fleet at Spithead, 1953

THE Coronation Review of The Fleet at Spithead. On July 14 1953 the newly crowned ...
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Sesame Street presents a Samuel Beckett parody, ‘Waiting for Elmo’

Sesame Street presents a Samuel Beckett parody, ‘Waiting for Elmo’

SESAME Sesame presents Waiting for Elmo, a Samuel Beckett parody (a Monsterpiece Theater production). “A modern masterpiece, ...
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Photo: the first ever Sesame Street Cast (when Oscar was orange)

Photo: the first ever Sesame Street Cast (when Oscar was orange)

THIS is the original Sesame Street cast. As you can see Oscar The Grouch is ...
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31 photos of America in colour from 1939-1943

31 photos of America in colour from 1939-1943

THESE photographs give us an idea what America looked like from 1939 to 1943. Taken ...
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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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    The Rise, Fall, and Lonely Death of Benny Hill

    The Rise, Fall, and Lonely Death of Benny Hill

    "I get a thrill when they’re kneeling there, between my knees and they’re looking up at me. And I want them to call me Mr Hill, not Benny. ‘Is that all right for you, Mr Hill?’ That’s lovely, that is, I really like that,” I asked him why and he said, “Well, it’s respectful...”’ - Benny Hill ...
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    Andrei Tarkovsky’s Sublime Polaroids‎ (And Free Films)

    Andrei Tarkovsky’s Sublime Polaroids‎ (And Free Films)

    Andrei Tarkovsky's Polaroids‎ (1979 - 1984) show us thoughtful and dreamy visions of his native Russia, featuring his family, his dog, his home, his garden, views from trips to Italy and a 'selfie'. Tarkovsky (4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) is the revered film director of whom Ingmar Bergman said, “Tarkovsky ...
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    The First Naked Kiss On Camera: Eadweard Muybridge, Sex And Murder

    The First Naked Kiss On Camera: Eadweard Muybridge, Sex And Murder

    Eadweard Muybridge (9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904) was not into smut and eroticism. His rapid-fire sequential photographs of two naked women kissing served to aid his studies of human and animal movement. It was in the interests of art and science Muybridge secured the services of two women, ...
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    Photos Of Siouxsie Sioux and The Banshees From The Late 1970s

    Photos Of Siouxsie Sioux and The Banshees From The Late 1970s

    Siouxsie Sioux (born Susan Janet Ballion on 27 May 1957) found fame with Siouxsie and The Banshees, the band she so-created with Steven Severin. Many pictures of Siouxsie Sioux and the rest of the group and their friends were taken by photographer Ray Stevenson, the brother of Nils Stevenson, who managed ...
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