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The best and worst Olympic protests

The best and worst Olympic protests

WHEN the Spanish water polo coach considered ordering his team to stay in the pool, ...
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Intruders – a history of unwelcome guests at big events

Intruders – a history of unwelcome guests at big events

WHO was the mystery woman in red top and jeans, marching proudly at the front ...
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1950s boys advertise underwear for an appreciative man

1950s boys advertise underwear for an appreciative man

AS Old Mr Anorak knows, you can always trust man who tucks his vest into ...
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A history of Olympics cock-ups

A history of Olympics cock-ups

THE Olymics got off to a jittery start this week, when the North Korean women’s ...
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Corporate song of the day: when Burnley Building Society gave savings a disco soundtrack

Corporate song of the day: when Burnley Building Society gave savings a disco soundtrack

CORPORATE song of the day - It's the late 1970s and Burnley Building Society are ...
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Ambush advertising in sport – a history

Ambush advertising in sport – a history

AMBUSH! Olympic boss Lord Coe put his well-shod foot in it this week by announcing ...
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1972: Bettie Page has her mug shot taken (photos)

1972: Bettie Page has her mug shot taken (photos)

BETTIE Page was the hotness who never let her fans down. Until 1972, when the ...
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1948: A Naked Woman Shocks And Entertains In Paris

1948: A Naked Woman Shocks And Entertains In Paris

Flashbak to 1948: The Romy Gallery in Paris placed a photograph of naked woman in the ...
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Mormon bondage, a horse with a false leg, kidnap and cloned dogs: The Joyce McKinney story

Mormon bondage, a horse with a false leg, kidnap and cloned dogs: The Joyce McKinney story

WAS this the best tabloid news story ever? Readers of a certain vintage will recall ...
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Boxing Brawls: A history of the most famous and infamous

Boxing Brawls: A history of the most famous and infamous

BAD blood, insults, pre-match scraps and warnings of crowd trouble have all helped stoke the ...
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March 21, 1956: The Oscars, as presented by Grace Kelly

March 21, 1956: The Oscars, as presented by Grace Kelly

FLASHBACK to March 21, 1956: Award presenter Grace Kelly, center, poses with Oscar winners at the ...
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March 21, 1956: The Oscars, as presented by Grave Kelly

March 21, 1956: The Oscars, as presented by Grave Kelly

FLASHBACK to March 21, 1956: Award presenter Grace Kelly, center, poses with Oscar winners at the ...
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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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