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Win a vintage-style hair and makeup session
THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED. WE HAVE ANNOUNCED THE WINNER HERE. This week’s competition prize is a vintage-style hair and makeup session with the fabulous Sabrina Lily. Sabrina is a London based...
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New photography exhibition: David Bailey’s East End
A new exhibition opens in London today showing 50 years of David Bailey’s photos of the East End. The pictures featured range from sixties supermodels to the everyday lives of people in the 1960s,...
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50 years on, and still nobody does it better…
Designing 007 is a new exhibition at the Barbican in London as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the James Bond movies. These photos offer a tantalising glimpse of the goodies on show: from...
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Cecil Beaton: Theatre of War
Above: A welder works on the deck of a new ship, Tyneside, 1943 A new exhibition opens at the Imperial War Museum London on 6th September of Cecil Beaton’s war time photography. I have a couple of...
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1960s swinging London: teenagers on Carnaby Street
Teenagers in London’s Carnaby Street in the 1960s. Love those huge sunglasses! Photo was taken in 1969. Source and copyright: The National Archives: No known copyright restrictions
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Colour video of London in the 1920s
I discovered this video today and I thought it was absolutely fascinating! It is original colour video footage taken in London in 1927. It was taken by an early British pioneer of film, Claude...
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It’s a tough job…
Irish Guards remain at attention after one guardsman faints in London, England, June 1966. Photograph by James P. Blair, National Geographic Source and copyright: National Geographic Found
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Following on from my fascination with the history of the London Underground earlier this week, I wanted to share this amazing video with you. It shows original footage of London in 1927 next to the...
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Children of the Blitz
These photos of children living through the Blitz in London kind of speak for themselves. I just wanted to share. Battersea incident, England, January 1945–girl among the ruins, British flag overhead....
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London in 1941
London was a very different city in 1941. Alongside the landmarks we all recognize there were clear signs of the Blitz and the toll that war was taking on the city. From schools, to Trafalgar Square to...
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