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  • The Vintage Erotic Photography ofJacques Biederer and Studio Biederer

    Their work sits at the intersection of art, censorship, sexuality and tragedy. a photographic studio at 33 Boulevard du Temple, an address that would become associated with their work His work helped inspire later photographers such as Irving Klaw and John Willie, the publisher of the The Biederer brothers were Jewish, which made them immediate targets under the new racial laws. Rediscovery of Their Work For decades the Biederer photographs circulated quietly among collectors of

  • Ecstasy (1933): The Film That Changed What Cinema Could Show

    A naked swim and a new beginning It is after Eva returns to her family home that the film’s most famous Enter Adam, played by Aribert Mog, an engineer working on a nearby railway line. Eva leaves alone while Adam sleeps, and he returns to his work, never forgetting her. During the Second World War, working with composer George Antheil, she co-invented a radio guidance system

  • Sameera Moussa: Egypt’s Nuclear Physicist Who Dreamed of Cheaper Cancer Treatment

    But Moussa wasn’t satisfied with being the “first” — she wanted her work to matter. Sameera during the war Making Atoms Work for Peace Sameera Moussa’s contribution to nuclear physics wasn California, Controversy, and an Untimely End Her work eventually earned her a Fulbright Atomic Program allege that Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, may have been involved, fearing that Moussa’s work

  • The Cheryl Crane Case: The Night Lana Turner’s Daughter Killed Johnny Stompanato

    the Second World War, he had later settled in Los Angeles and become associated with organised crime, working During depositions, new details and inconsistencies were raised, including questions about the exact She continued working in film and television for years afterwards.

  • The Odd Tricycle That You'd Sit Inside And Operate With Your Hands That Was Patented In 1881

    Oldreive patented "The New Iron Horse," a remarkable invention. According to New Scientist : "As a young inventor in Massachusetts, he’d been fascinated by old-style Oldreive went on to walk on water as "the human water spider," eventually walking from Cincinnati to New

  • Carmadean’s Dance Camp: A Summer in the Shadow of the Atomic Bomb

    Thirteen-year-old Barbara Kent (centre) and her fellow campers play in a river near Ruidoso, New Mexico the world teetered on the edge of monumental change, a small dance camp in the desert near Ruidoso, New Nestled in the serene desert landscape near Ruidoso, New Mexico, the camp was a place where they could in age from 10 to 16, practiced tirelessly, often performing under the vast, star-studded skies of New

  • 'LA BANDIDA': The Wild Life and Legacy of Graciela Olmos

    Reinventing Herself in Chicago Desperate for a new beginning, Marina changed her name to Graciela Olmos Her best known work, Siete Leguas, was written in honour of Pancho Villa’s famous horse. Groups such as Los Panchos and Los Diamantes worked there early in their careers.

  • Say Hello To Ada Lovelace, One Of The World’s First Computer Programmers

    Some historians argue that she refined Babbage’s work rather than originating it. Rediscovery and Enduring Influence For decades her work received little attention. In 1953 her notes were republished in B V Bowden’s Faster than Thought , bringing them to a new generation

  • Christine and Léa Papin: A Tragic Case of Violence and Social Struggle

    Despite Christine’s desire to join a convent, Clémence forbade it, forcing her daughter into work. They preferred to work together when possible and found employment in several households in Le Mans, The Papin sisters’ duties were demanding, but for a while, their work was well-received. Christine worked as a cook, while Léa served as a chambermaid after Christine persuaded Madame Lancelin She scrutinised their work harshly, and tensions grew.

  • The Brixton Riots of 1981 and the Tensions That Led to a National Reckoning

    The national recession that deepened in the early 1980s hit working class communities hard, and it hit The New Cross Fire and a Crisis of Trust Tensions were further inflamed by events earlier in the year 18th January, 1981, thirteen Black teenagers and young adults died in a fire during a house party in New It was a space where people gathered, exchanged news and built community. One of its outcomes was the introduction of a new code of police behaviour under the Police and Criminal

  • The Soviet Sex Alphabet: Sergey Merkurov’s Peculiar Visual Lexicon of 1931

    Merkurov’s works reflected the Bolshevik ideal of liberating the proletariat from bourgeois morality, Whether intentional or not, Merkurov’s work invites such speculation.

  • The Gospel According to Carlisle: When Joseph Thompson Sold Mary for 20 Bob and a Newfoundland Dog

    No, this was an arrangement with mutual understanding, not unlike handing in your notice at work—except your notice ends up with a new employer and you get a dog in return. sum in 1832, and the dog—well, one can only hope he enjoyed long walks along the River Eden with his new

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