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Sydney police mugshots, 1912-1930
Sidney Kelly. Murder, assault, drugs, pimping. F. Murray. A burglar who spent his ill gotten gains on booze and prostitutes. Walter smith. Street robber. S. Skukerman. Fraudster. H. Ellis. Crime boss. Incited gang members to commit his crim...
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Somebody to love! (Glee)
This was the finale to last night’s episode. And it rocked! As I’ve said before: this is one of the very best things airing on British TV at the moment. If you like feel-good. If you like dark-comedy. And wit. And if you like – ...
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I’m dancing on a beach with my boyfriend
Ignore the cheesy video. The soundtrack, however, is the theme tune for this post – so just press play. We’re somewhere exotic and hot. Thailand. Yes. We’re on the island of Koh Samui. It’s beautiful here. A tropical par...
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Mad Men – the best thing on television
Jon Hamm and January Jones, channeling their Mad Men characters. Photographed at the Lightbourne House, in Lyford Cay, Nassau, the Bahamas. Photograph by Annie Leibovitz; styled by Michael Roberts. (Source: Vanity Fair) Mad Men season 3 pre...
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J.D. Salinger is dead
Filed under: the arts Tagged: 1951, catcher in the rye, excerpt, extract, fiction, jd salinger, novel, quote ...
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Union Station, Washington DC, 1921
(via vintagephoto) This photograph reminds me of the golden age of travel. Trains, plains and auto-mobiles. Many moons ago, travel was exciting and rather classy. There is little to like about current transport networks (other than that they’r...

