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The Tragic Downfall of Olga Spessivtseva: From Great Ballerina to Electric Shock Therapy

Olga Spessivtseva was one of the foremost Russian ballerinas of the early 20th Century. She traveled the world to rave

I came across this amazing collection of photographs on Flickr yesterday and was totally captivated by them. The photographer was

Pin up girls have been around for a lot longer than you think. Since as early as the 1890s girls

Did you realize Sherlock Holmes was inspired by a real person? Nope, me neither! Apparently Arthur Conan Doyle (above right)

Miss Fernande was arguably the very first photographic pin up star. Born during the 1890s in Paris, the lovely Fernande

Frankly, an artistic arrangement of dead snakes doesn’t really say Happy Christmas to me, but clearly it did to somebody.

So, it’s Boxing Day and I’m sitting here (eating chocolates) waiting for it to snow. Apparently we are due to

Did you realize Dinosaurs had syphilis? Not only that but you mustn’t kiss your baby because it’s unhygienic and whatever

Everything I’ve head about the Klu Klux Klan and their history has just served to reinforce what a vile and

To try to reduce the number of criminals being sentenced to death the Victorians introduced Hard Labour as an alternative.

It’s Armistice and Remembrance day today, something which has had a particularly raised profile this year because 2014 marks the

I love the different Hallowe’en costumes in these photos, although being British I always find it strange to see people

It was with total delight that I discovered Kevin Weir’s macabre gifs. He created them using old photos from the

It was rather of a relief when I found these photos to realise that 1940s women didn’t all look as

Boy have there been some strange beauty contests over the years! These photos include the contestants for ‘Miss Psywar’ (doesn’t

Most of the children pictured here lived in the Surrey Hills slum of Sydney, Australia which was a notorious den

Alfred Cheney Johnston is most well-known for his photographs of the girls who performed in the Ziegfeld Follies in the

There’s a lot to be said for the time when we weren’t all glued to our smartphones, but not everything

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