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The Nine Days Paul McCartney Spent in a Tokyo Jail
On 16 January 1980 Paul McCartney arrived in Tokyo for a sold out Wings tour. He never left the airport. Arrested for cannabis possession, he spent nine days in a Japanese detention centre and was deported. A quietly pivotal moment in rock history.
When Munich Dressed as Fairy Tales: The Masked Ball of 1862
On 15 February 1862, artists and royalty gathered at Munich’s Royal Odeon for a fairy tale themed masked ball. Photographed by Joseph Albert, the event captured Carnival culture, folklore, and early staged photography in nineteenth century Bavaria.
How Stetson Kennedy Took on the Ku Klux Klan from the Inside
Unable to fight in World War II, Stetson Kennedy infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan, documented its secrets, and helped expose it through courts, journalists, and even a Superman radio series.
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