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A Nice Girl Like Me 1969

A Nice Girl Like Me: Family Planning In The 1960s

A 1969 movie that takes a pleasingly non-judgemental view of single motherhood in the 1960s, signalling the end of old moral certainties.

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The Illustrated Terrors Of The Pocket Chiller Library

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The long-forgotten series of gruesome British digest-sized horror comic books from the 1970s.

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Classic Albums Revisited: The Madeline Rust – Truth or Consequences

The Madeline Rust provide a nightmare soundtrack to America’s serial killer badlands in this brooding slice of true crime heavy rock.

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Gothic Noir: Bela Lugosi in Edgar Wallace’s Dark Eyes Of London

Bela Lugosi makes a rare British film appearance in this 1939 crime melodrama based on the work of Edgar Wallace.

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The Clothes Show’s Infamous ‘Allo ‘Allo-Themed Fashion Shoot

Putting the fash into fashion, the BBC series The Clothes Show does a shoot based on the wartime comedy that is awash with swastikas. Unsurprisingly, viewers object.

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Filth Is My Politics – A Fashion Statement for the Election Year

Express your contempt for the corrupt and psychopathic political merry-go-round in this election year with our Filth T-shirt.

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Ivanka Trump: Trademark Ambition

Donald Trump’s daughter, back when she was still idolised by celebrity-obsessed fashionistas, stars in a promotional brochure for Thierry Mugler.

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Alien Pop Music from Einstürzende Neubauten

Einstürzende Neubauten return after a four-year gap with an impressive collection of songs based on improvisations from their last tour.

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Hated And Feared – Caligula Is Resurrected

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A new version of the notorious classic promises to be the film that all those involved in making it expected it to be. Fingers crossed.

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Bent Bolt, Pioneering Musical Mechanical Man

This robotic novelty track from the 1960s is a curious novelty that seems to predict the mechanical sounds of Krautrock. No, seriously!

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The Satanic Flea Market Celebrates The Rites of Spring

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The alternative market place for occultists, goths, kinksters, creatives and eccentrics – returns to London.

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Punk Floyd: An Ageing Punk ‘Tribute’ to Pink Floyd

A collection of punk bands from the late 1970s come together to bury the hatchet with the once-hated Pink Floyd. Apparently.

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