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27 Apr, 6 tweets, 3 min read
Britquiz: which of these images most haunted your childhood? ImageImage
Britquiz: which of these is the real British superhero? ImageImage
Britquiz: which of these shows had the best final episode? ImageImage
Britquiz: which of these shows was Yorkshire Television's finest hour? ImageImage
Britquiz: which of these posed the greater danger? ImageImage
Britquiz: who would win in a fight between Magpie and Blue Peter? ImageImage

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27 Apr
Many readers* have asked me when I'm going to cover classic Argentinian progressive rock magazines of the 1970s.

Well GOOD NEWS! That day has come as I look back at Pelo magazine! Step this way...

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Pelo - Spanish for Hair - grew out of the burgeoning Argentinian rock scene of the late 1960s, where bands such as Manal, Almendra and Los Gatos were kickstarting the Spanish-language rock movement. Image
PINAP was a pop music magazine launched in Buenos Aires in 1968. Daniel Ripoll, part of its editorial board, was asked by them to set up one of Argentina's first big open air music festival - 1969's Festival PINAP. ImageImage
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24 Apr
Time now to look back at the pioneering work of Albert Witzel, portrait photographer to the Hollywood stars of the silent age!

Photo: Melva Cornell
Albert Witzel was born in Deadwood in 1879. In 1886 he started work in George Stekel’s California photography studio.

Photo: Theda Bara
Learning his craft from Steckel, Albert Witzel opened his own portrait photography studio in 1902 in Los Angeles.

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24 Apr
Today in pulp I look back at the work of Victorian illustrator Sidney Sime.

Come this way...
Sidney Sime was born in Manchester in 1865. After working as a miner for five years he studied illustration at the Liverpool School of Art. His work was first exhibited in 1889.
Sime rose to fame through fantastical illustratons, working initially for Pick-Me-Up and The Idler magazine. In 1899 he used money from an inheritance to purchase and edit The Idler, before selling it on in 1901.
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22 Apr
As Ceefax is trending today let's take a quick look back at the 1970s analogue internet on your telly!

Just waiting for the right page...
Teletext is a way of sending text and very blocky graphics alongside a traditional TV signal, to be decoded and displayed by a suitably equipped telly.

Rumbelows can sort you out with a Ferguson or ITT set if you need one...
And on 23 September 1974 the first teletext service started in the UK: Ceefax on BBC, and Oracle on ITV!*

(*assuming your parents let you watch ITV. Not all did.)
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21 Apr
If you use news websites then you will already be familiar with the 12 step process for reading a news article online. If not, I've summarised them below.

Please follow all steps carefully and don't skip any...
Step 1: accept cookies.
Step 2: close the window thanking you for accepting cookies.
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19 Apr
Lockdowns are mentally tiring, so you may not be in the mood to finish all those classic novels you started to read. Fortunately I have an alternative for you: Classics Illustrated!

Let's take a look at a few... Image
Homer eroticism: The Odyssey. Classics Illustrated, 1951. Image
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