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Paris 1914: colour photographs

Paris 1914: colour photographs

THESE colour photographs of Paris in 1914 are from the Albert Kahn Museum, based at Kahn's former ...
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The Anthology album of Rolling Stones secret songs

The Anthology album of Rolling Stones secret songs

No Stone Unturned As the Rolling Stones begin their 50th Anniversary with a tour, TV ...
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Lord Fisher uses first example of ‘OMG’ in letter to Winston Churchill

Lord Fisher uses first example of ‘OMG’ in letter to Winston Churchill

IT'S 1917 and Winston Churchill receives a letter from Lord Fisher. It contains the earliest ...
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How the Hit Parade moved from phonograph needles, platters and sleaze to MP3s

SIXTY years ago, the first British singles chart – or “Hit Parade” as it was ...
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When Hercules the bear was Scotland’s Number 1 star

When Hercules the bear was Scotland’s Number 1 star

HERCULES was born in a captivity near Aviemore in 1974. Wrestler Andy Robin paid £50 ...
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1965: A film on London’s members’ only clubs

1965: A film on London’s members’ only clubs

IT'S 1965, and the Rank Organisation has produced a film called Look at Life - ...
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Sexism watch: Daredevil slips into ‘something barely legal’

Sexism watch: Daredevil slips into ‘something barely legal’

EVERYDAY sexism looks at this still from a Daredevil comic book. Norman Saunders thought it tame. (more…)
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The greatest keep-fit devices of the 1970s

The greatest keep-fit devices of the 1970s

WERE you around in the 1970s? Did you keep fit with the latest kit? We've ...
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1949: the walls of Hitler’s ruined alpine retreat near Berchtesgaden

1949: the walls of Hitler’s ruined alpine retreat near Berchtesgaden

FLASHBACK: The walls of Hitler's ruined alpine retreat near Berchtesgaden, Germany are covered with the ...
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1985: House spiders on drugs

1985: House spiders on drugs

FLASHBACK to 27/04/1995: EXPERIMENTS BY NASA SCIENTISTS HAVE SHOWN THAT COMMON HOUSE SPIDERS SPIN THEIR WEBS IN ...
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World Cup Willie – a life in photos

World Cup Willie – a life in photos

WORLD Cup Willie was the original football mascot. Willie, the first Word Cup mascot, was the ...
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Parturition chairs made child birth more comfortable

Parturition chairs made child birth more comfortable

PARTURITION chairs were used by women when they were giving birth. Is sitting down more ...
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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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