December, 2014

It was acceptable in the 1960s version of 80s
Shop the look 16 December, 2014

Space Hair

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Back in the day – before a trip beyond the Earth’s atmosphere was in the reach of (wealthy) space tourists – life on the moon was imagined via the programme Space 1999.

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The clothes rail starts to fill up
Street talk 13 December, 2014

Making a Swish

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There’s a joke that’s made on the Isle of Wight every March, when the clocks change, which is: “Don’t forget to put your clock forward – to 1952”.

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Madonna (Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot/Interview Magazine)
Street talk 6 December, 2014

“When’s Madonna Going to Get a Proper Job?”

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Back in in the late 1980s I was watching Top of the Pops with my mum. On came Madonna’s ‘Express Yourself’ video and, as she watched the American songstress writhe, crotch-grab and simulate sex in her trademark style, my mother snorted “When’s Madonna going to get a proper job?”

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