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The Pioneering Novels and Kick-Ass Thrills of Alistair MacLean

When HMS Ulysses was published in 1955, it became an instant best-seller. Its film rights were bought for £30,000 and Picture Post paid £5,000 for serial rights. Alistair MacLean had arrived. ...

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Snapshots of Kenneth Anger

There aren't that many photographs of Kenneth Anger smiling. They're usually portraits of the great avant-garde filmmaker looking serious, or brooding, or, shall we say?, slightly demonic? ...

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A Night in Atlantis: Nick Peacock’s Photographs of Clubbing in 1990

In November 1990, Peacock was commissioned by a music magazine to document one night at a Glasgow club... ...

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The World As He Sees It: An Exclusive Interview with Legendary Photographer Jürgen Schadeberg

At the start of his teens, Schadeberg was forced into the Hitler Youth. He hated it and everything it represented. Sometimes he marched backwards, or wore bright colours instead of the standard issue brown shirt. On other occasions he mimicked Charlie Chaplin as der Führer. ...

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Nightclubbing : Brian Sweeney’s Epic Photographs of Glasgow’s Legendary Sub Club

The Sub Club was established in 1987. It's a medium-sized club situated at 22 Jamaica Street, Glasgow. The venue holds the record for being "the longest running underground dance club in the world" ...

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Thomas Annan’s Powerful Photographs of ‘The Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow’ 1868

Glasgow hasn't always been that wee stinky joby in the bathtub as some poor souls might think. ...

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Edwin Morgan and William Burroughs Are ‘Somewhere in England’

"Push the boat out, compañeros / Push the boat out, whatever the seas…. push it ...

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My Dad and Our Lexikon 80 Typewriter : The British Olivetti Factory in Glasgow 1957

John J Brady's late father worked at the Olivetti typewriter factory in Glasgow. These photos and John's Lexikon 80 take us back there ...

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Shopping at Glasgow’s The Barras Market In 1975

John J Brady worked weekends at Glasgow's The Barras market. He took these photograph in 1975 ...

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Tenement Kids And The City – Glasgow In 1975

"All of these photos were taken on a weekend return from art college to visit my parents in the east end of Glasgow in 1975" - John J Brady ...

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Great Britain by Bus in Glorious Kodachrome (1969-1971)

An Australian tourist's snapshots of Great Britain in the lat 1960s and early 1970s ...

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From Edinburgh to Glasgow in 1961

“We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilisation” - Voltaire ...

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