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Ernst Kirchner’s Degenerate Masterpieces

Ernst Kirchner’s Degenerate Masterpieces

Kirchner's work was branded “degenerate” by the Nazis in 1933, and in 1937 more than 600 of his creations were sold or destroyed. ...
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There’s A Light That Never Goes Out: Ken Russell’s ‘Savage Messiah’

There’s A Light That Never Goes Out: Ken Russell’s ‘Savage Messiah’

In 1971, Russell directed three of his most successful films: The Music Lovers, The Devils and The Boyfriend. He was now rich and successful enough to pay back the debt he felt he owed to Henri Gaudier-Brzeska and Sophie Brzeska. ...
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Bring Me the Head of Louis Raemaekers – The Art of War

Bring Me the Head of Louis Raemaekers – The Art of War

The Dutch artist whose biting cartoons forced people and countries to act ...
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Lewis Hine’s Ethnographic Photographs of Balkan Peoples for the Red Cross Relief Efforts in 1919-1920

Lewis Hine’s Ethnographic Photographs of Balkan Peoples for the Red Cross Relief Efforts in 1919-1920

Lewis Hine's "extraordinary record of life in the Balkans during some of its darkest moments" ...
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Flu Masks From 1918-1919

Flu Masks From 1918-1919

In 1918, influenza, the so-called Spanish Flu, or 91918H1N1, to give its proper name, claimed the lives of more than 50 million people in just 15 months. Masks were part of the drive to beat it ...
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Me My Dog And I: 30 Lovely Vintage Jack Russell Photographs

Me My Dog And I: 30 Lovely Vintage Jack Russell Photographs

“I am because my little dog knows me” - Gertrude Stein, Tender Buttons / Objects, 1915 ...
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Rare Color Photos from the German Front During World War I

Rare Color Photos from the German Front During World War I

Photography and modern warfare grew up, side by side, on battlefields, burial grounds, and in the trenches and ruined European cities of World War I. In France, German photographer Hans Hildenbrand took what are some of the few color photographs of the front lines. ...
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Meet Rondo Hatton or With a Face like that, You ought to be in Movies

Meet Rondo Hatton or With a Face like that, You ought to be in Movies

His looks fascinated people and he became an iconic cult figure with horror buffs. ...
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The Horror, The Horror! Dark and Disturbing Paintings of Death and Disease

The Horror, The Horror! Dark and Disturbing Paintings of Death and Disease

At one point in his life, Richard Tennant Cooper had dreams of some day being recognised as one of the best artists in the world. ...
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Houdini Beats The Devils: A Magician Among The Spiritualists, Fakirs and Psychics

Houdini Beats The Devils: A Magician Among The Spiritualists, Fakirs and Psychics

Harry Houdini (1874-1926), the great showman and escapologist, sought to debunk the 1920s fashion for spiritualism in his book A Magician Among The Spirits (1924) ...
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“It’s Meat and Drink to You” – 100 Years of Oxo Cube Adverts

“It’s Meat and Drink to You” – 100 Years of Oxo Cube Adverts

Even the busiest housewife can make a meal in a moment! ...
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Extraordinary Pictures of the Chicago Race Riots of 1919

Extraordinary Pictures of the Chicago Race Riots of 1919

The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 began on a hot July day and thought to be the worst of around 25 riots during the so-called 'Red Summer'. ...
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