The Church Of England’s Nestle Problem
Should religious bodies that once boycotted companies on ethical grounds now be making money from them?
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The Marvel Super Heroes Top Trumps Of 1977
The comic book heroes – and villains – of the Mighty World of Marvel make their fascinating and occasionally baffling card game debut.
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The Maddest Story Ever Told – Spider Baby
Looking back at the eccentric pleasures of Jack Hill’s oddball family saga.
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The Crocodile Tears Of The Shame Merchants
The deaths of Jesse Jane and Masuimi Max have brought out the ugly moralisers who are quick to blame it all on ‘immoral lifestyles’.
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Australian Rules: The Persecution Of The Witch Of Kings Cross
What comes through loud and clear in the story of artist and alleged witch Rosaleen Norton is the ferocity of Australian censorship in the 1950s and 60s.
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The Pointless Stupidity Of Graham Bright
The man behind the Video Recordings Act – and the ban on ‘repetitive beat music’ – has died.
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Neon Angels On The Road To Ruin
The story of The Runaways, the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band of the 1970s.
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Good God, Is It Really 30 Years Of The Spice Girls?
Three decades of coming to terms with a pop music phenomenon.
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An Interview With A Drug Dealer
The first in an occasional series of interviews exploring subterranean and alternative careers and lifestyles, finding the reality behind the lurid headlines.
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Bettie Page, Cover Girl
The anonymous magazine, book and LP appearances of the woman who would later become a pin-up legend.
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Foregone Conclusions In Search Of Evidence: Yet Another British Government Moral Panic
The head of the newly-announced ‘review’ into the effects of adult entertainment sounds suspiciously as though she has already made her mind up on the subject.
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Magic In Manhattan: The Bewitching Pleasures Of Bell, Book And Candle
The hip, witchy cult favourite remains one of the great overlooked films of the 1950s, despite a curiously conservative attitude at its heart.
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