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1977: when Droids made cosmic Star Wars music

1977: when Droids made cosmic Star Wars music

IN 1977, the world was going batty for Star Wars. Over in France, Yves Hayat, Jean-Paul Bataille ...
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Flashback to 1944: The Allied soldier’s 24-hour rations pack

Flashback to 1944: The Allied soldier’s 24-hour rations pack

FLASHBACK to 21/05/1944. When the big allied drive for the liberation of Europe takes place our ...
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Pictures of London’s School Strike of 1972

Pictures of London’s School Strike of 1972

The pupil power demonstration protested against caning, detention, uniforms and ‘headmaster dictatorships’. ...
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1969: Pink Floyd play live at the BBC as Neil Armstrong sets foot on the moon

1969: Pink Floyd play live at the BBC as Neil Armstrong sets foot on the moon

In 1969, Pink Floyd played live as man set foot on the moon. The band's Dave Gilmour ...
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How Danish porn fuelled the boom in Scandinavian furniture: the best blue movie decor (photos)

How Danish porn fuelled the boom in Scandinavian furniture: the best blue movie decor (photos)

LIKE you, we've viewed adult erotica and noticed the decor. We've seen that central heating ...
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A history of Easter Eggs: dipped in Christian blood and covered in chocolate

A history of Easter Eggs: dipped in Christian blood and covered in chocolate

Easter is upon us once again, and Christians are muscling in this year, after the success ...
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The simian negroid Irish depicted in English and American cartoons

The simian negroid Irish depicted in English and American cartoons

  ANGLO-Irish Relations have been strained for years. Ever since the Earl of Pembroke became ...
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1922: The Passing Show makes Brighter Newspapers with the caption ‘interchange’

1922: The Passing Show makes Brighter Newspapers with the caption ‘interchange’

IN the March 18, 1922 edition of The Passing Show, the British news magazine featured ...
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The best of the Passing Show: Bolshevism, Ireland, Japanese empire and German hurt satirised

The best of the Passing Show: Bolshevism, Ireland, Japanese empire and German hurt satirised

THE Passing Show was a British magazine published in the early 1920s. One section was ...
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Vintage erotica: when Spick and Span sex sold central heating in 1960s Britain

Vintage erotica: when Spick and Span sex sold central heating in 1960s Britain

IN the 1960s, young bucks got their copies of Spic and Span magazine. The women ...
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The Man-Catcher: the car’s ultimate safety device

The Man-Catcher: the car’s ultimate safety device

  THE MAN-CATCHER never did catch on. The 1020s safety device "consists of three rollers ...
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Everyday Racism in books: Simple Edition by A Little Nigger

Everyday Racism in books: Simple Edition by A Little Nigger

It tapped into a theme. Earlier, G.H. Thompson had  illustrated Ten Little Nigger Boys, a ...
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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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