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Meet the German sexologist on the top of Hitler’s hit list

Get Schooled by the World’s First S*xology Institute of 1920s Berlin They called him "the Einstein of S*x". The German doctor who went (quite literally) where no other had gone before in his research, founding the massive Institut für S*xualwissenschaft, or S*xology,…

Need back to school outfit inspo (from circa 1939)?

Back to School Fashion circa 1939 No matter how many years have past since I graduated, when September 1st rolls around, it always feels like the first day back to school again. Today has been a struggle settling back into the office…

Sometimes I get a little … well, bored with today’s celebrities.

Vintage Muse du Jour: Lauren Bacall Sometimes I get a little ... well, bored with today's celebrities. And then I start looking for a silver screen starlet to re-discover. With that unmistakable "one is not amused" sultry gaze and…

Meet the mother of the neo-pagan movement.

All Hail Rosaleen Norton and her Wicked Cool Revival of Witchcraft Rosaleen Norton, by Peter Kingston / New South Wales Statae Library When did witchcraft actually become "cool"? At the beginning of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, three witches chanting "Double, double toil…

Happy Birthday Edith Sitwell!

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Let’s stay a while between the rose bushes of Reddish House…

In the Parlour with Cecil Beaton His name was familiar to me, but I'll admit that before this post, I didn't know much about Cecil Beaton. If I'm honest, it was actually his 18th century English manor I fell in love with, Reddish…

Let’s take it back to ‘92 for the last day of Paris Fashion Week.

Let Cindy Crawford Guide you through Paris Fashion Week Circa 1992 It's Haute Couture Fashion week in Paris – well, sort of. Shows are being attended by video links and style is being created, communicated and consumed in a virtual world. But for a brief moment,…

Masons, just like girls, just wanna have fun!

Mostly, this Secret Masonic Order Just Wants to Have Fun We do love a good plunge into worlds apart – filled with secret society conspiracies and folks living off-grid or on the fringes of society. The latest curious collective to pique my interest is…

If I’m ever asked to choose guest list from the past to have a dinner with, my answer is always going to include Papa Hemingway

Inside Ernest Hemingway's Private Photo Album & Scrapbook If I'm ever asked to choose a character from the past to have a dinner with, my answer is always going to be Papa Hemingway. Not just because I'd want to talk endlessly with him about his Paris…

S*x, drugs and lots of black eyeliner.

Meet the London Club Kids Who Made Punk Go Pop The Blitz Kids S*x, drugs and lots of black eyeliner. Just a regular Tuesday night at the Blitz Club. At the turn of the 1980s, London’s teenage squatters, outcast art school kids and disillusioned…