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Fanny Cradock : How we Brits Used To Cook

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In the 1950’s and right up to the mid 1970’s there was only one cookery queen who ruled Britain’s TV programs : Fanny Cradock.  She pre-dated all the celebrity chefs, even Julia Child, and was quintessentially English right down to her snobby accent and the dreadful fussy dresses that she wore to cook. For the … Continue reading




John Palatinus “Beefcake” Photographer

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Way before Mapplethorpe was around and photographing provocative male-physique poses, there were a handful of photographers surreptitiously doing some rather stunning work.  John Palatinus was one of them and back in the 1950’s his images of men posing in straps or nude were published in a few bodybuilding magazines such as Tomorrows Men which were … Continue reading




Don’t Leave Me This Way

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Jimmy Sommerville of The Communards is releasing a new version of ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’ which was a UK gay anthem 3o years ago.  It’a a track from their new acoustic album, meanwhile below is a video of the original version, as we ask (yet again)  where did all the time go?   



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