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Here Be Monsters: Richard Doyle’s Illustrations for ‘Jack and the Giants’

Here Be Monsters: Richard Doyle’s Illustrations for ‘Jack and the Giants’

Jack and the Giants was a variation on the book Jack the Giant Killer, which some of us had read or seen on Sunday afternoon television. ...
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Brilliant Photos of Hulme – 1980s and 1990s

Brilliant Photos of Hulme – 1980s and 1990s

Hulme was "a dangerous, lawless place to be avoided we were told! So obviously the next day I decided to explore Hulme, see for myself" ...
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Northern Life: Mik Critchlow’s Brilliant Photographs of An English Coal Town (1977-1990)

Northern Life: Mik Critchlow’s Brilliant Photographs of An English Coal Town (1977-1990)

Life in Ashington, Northumberland, once reputed to be the largest mining village in Europe ...
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Schoolboy Strikes To Avoid The Cane From Mr Bottoms – 1960

Schoolboy Strikes To Avoid The Cane From Mr Bottoms – 1960

In 1960 a teenager rebelled against the cane at his British school ...
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Kissing On A Rainy Beach: Bruce Davidson’s Photographs of 1960s Britain

Kissing On A Rainy Beach: Bruce Davidson’s Photographs of 1960s Britain

"I was free to encounter life. I was open and didn't have any agenda. There ...
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“Scotland for the Holidays” – Gorgeous Railway Brochures and Posters From the 1930s

“Scotland for the Holidays” – Gorgeous Railway Brochures and Posters From the 1930s

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) were the two largest of the “Big Four” railway companies by the Railways Act of 1921. In fact the LMS was the world’s largest transport organisation and the United Kingdom’s second largest employer, after the Post Office. ...
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Dirty Postcards: Vintage erotic photographs from over a century ago (NSFW)

Dirty Postcards: Vintage erotic photographs from over a century ago (NSFW)

Dirty postcards sounds disapproving, censorious as if there is something wrong, something shameful about the naked body (like Adam and Eve covering their nakedness from God) and something deeply unsavoury about sexual intercourse. ...
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Photographs of Stoke Newington During the ‘Winter of Discontent’ by Alan Denney

Photographs of Stoke Newington During the ‘Winter of Discontent’ by Alan Denney

It was the coldest winter for sixteen years and will always be remembered as ‘the winter of discontent’ - from the famous first line from Shakespeare’s Richard III. ...
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Selling ‘Solid Sunshine’ – The Art of the Empire Marketing Board

Selling ‘Solid Sunshine’ – The Art of the Empire Marketing Board

In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Britain attempted to direct its trade towards the Empire through an advertising campaign led by the Empire Marketing Board. The posters were great but ultimately unsuccessful. ...
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RIP Terry O’Neill (30 July 1938 – 16 November 2019)

RIP Terry O’Neill (30 July 1938 – 16 November 2019)

Of the incredible stars he photographed he found they all had their insecurities. “You know what always amazed me? That none of the beautiful women I’ve photographed ever thought they were beautiful. Ava didn’t. Marilyn didn’t. Michelle Pfeiffer doesn’t. Such a waste.” ...
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“Traveller’s Joy” – The Key to the Countryside – Beautiful Shell Adverts from the mid-1950s

“Traveller’s Joy” – The Key to the Countryside – Beautiful Shell Adverts from the mid-1950s

From the 1920s and into the 1950s the Shell Oil Company produced some wonderful advertising posters and some said, the most beautiful the country has ever seen. ...
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1966: When Football’s Solid Gold Jules Rimet World Cup Was Stolen In London

1966: When Football’s Solid Gold Jules Rimet World Cup Was Stolen In London

On March 20 1966, the World Cup was on show at the National Stamp Exhibition in Central Hall, Westminster and then it was gone... ...
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