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Robert Crumb: the same-sex marriage cover art the New Yorker rejected

Robert Crumb: the same-sex marriage cover art the New Yorker rejected

WHY did the New Yorker magazine reject Robert Crumb's same sex marriage cover (see above)? Nadja Sayej ...
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In the 1950s Heinz thought clowns would make pickles fun – they didn’t (photos)

In the 1950s Heinz thought clowns would make pickles fun – they didn’t (photos)

IN the 1950s, Heinz looked at pickles and wondered what went with them? The answer ...
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David Beckham, Jimmy Savile, Ronnie Irani, Maggie Thatcher and Jeffrey Archer: the five biggest charity boasters

David Beckham, Jimmy Savile, Ronnie Irani, Maggie Thatcher and Jeffrey Archer: the five biggest charity boasters

THEY do a lot of work for charity, and they DO like to mention it! ...
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When We Went Mad: the documentary of Mad Magazine (with added Jimi Hendrix fold in)

When We Went Mad: the documentary of Mad Magazine (with added Jimi Hendrix fold in)

MAD Magazine is a film. WhenWe Went Mad is a documentarythat MAD Magazine over the past 60 years.” You ...
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1976: the Star Trek cast meet the Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise

1976: the Star Trek cast meet the Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise

IT was no coincidence that the first Space Shuttle Orbiter was called Enterprise. Originally named ...
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1925: the Isolator helmet by Hugo Gernsback

1925: the Isolator helmet by Hugo Gernsback

FLASHBACK to 1925: The Isolator is a bizarre helmet invented in 1925 that encourages focus ...
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Flashback to 1981: wearing seat belts becomes compulsory for drivers (photos and videos)

Flashback to 1981: wearing seat belts becomes compulsory for drivers (photos and videos)

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Benito Mussolini – life and death in photos

Benito Mussolini – life and death in photos

ACCORDING to his re-thatched stunt double, Silvio Berlusconi, Benito Mussolini should be praised for the “good ...
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Scouting for Boys extracts: Robert Baden-Powell gave Pink Floyd their ‘brick in the wall’?

Scouting for Boys extracts: Robert Baden-Powell gave Pink Floyd their ‘brick in the wall’?

EXTRACTS from Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys. In the Intro, Baden Powell signed off "Chief ...
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The Electrical Baths of the early 20th Century

The Electrical Baths of the early 20th Century

THE Electrical Bath would steam your cares away. (more…)
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1971: Sophia Loren says Eat With Me (and my giant wooden cutlery ears)

1971: Sophia Loren says Eat With Me (and my giant wooden cutlery ears)

SCREEN siren Sophia Loren loves cooking. She's the star of such cook books as Sophia ...
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1985: LL Cool J plays Colby College in Waterville, Maine

1985: LL Cool J plays Colby College in Waterville, Maine

Before he was mega, LL Cool J was a 17-year-old who could for $500 could ...
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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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