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It's hard to believe but a whole swathe of the British population, still very much alive today, was legally beaten...
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Being told to stand still. The lights going up. The police entering in large numbers. Frisking. Individuals led away. Court...
One weekend in 1996, I went out clubbing with some mates. Literally starting on Friday afternoon and ended at some...
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The 1970s 1980s, and 1990s saw some terrifying brainwashing cults emerge resulting in mass murder and suicide. In November 1978,...
In the mid-1970s, British TV viewers tuned in for a weekly fix of murder and intrigue such as had never...
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Over the last twenty years, it's been a frequent lament from Boomer gays who went through the AIDS crisis and...
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It's a question that Gen-Zers often pose to their elders. How on earth did we live before the smartphone? Let...
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Shocking news this evening with the death of Terry Hall, lead singer in The Specials, at just 63. A great...
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I recently came across the record of a debate in the House of Lords on 18 December 1986 that took...
Woke up in the middle of the night recently and realised I'd been dreaming about a sweet shop that used...
