Looking back at the glory days of the festive magazine and comic book cover.
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Farrah Fawcett – The Cover Girl Of The 1970s
The Charlie’s Angels star became the go-to cover star for magazines of all sorts during the second half of the 1970s.
The Golden Age Of Cosmopolitan Covers
The iconic covers from the glory days of the women’s guide to aspirational lifestyle and sexual liberation.
Halloween Hammer: Twins Of Evil
Our month of Hammer Horror continues with a long look at the hysterical and lurid final chapter of the Karnstein trilogy.
The Seductive World Of Hi-Fi Advertising
The Hi-Fi system was an essential part of any would-be swinging bachelor’s pad – and advertisers knew how to package the dream of sexy stereos and gorgeous girls.
The Gratuitously Sexy Arcade Game Ads Of The 1970s
The unlikely collision of glamour girls and vintage video games in trade advertising.
The Spies Who Loved Me: A Visual History Of The Bond Girl
The evolving history of the Bond Girl is a study in glamour, sexploitation and hypocrisy across six decades.
Sibylle Rauch – So Long And Goodbye To Tunefulness
The curious country and western song performed by the German sex symbol turned porn star.
Man Vs Machine: The Relentless Intensity Of Duel
Steven Spielberg’s debut feature, and the Richard Matheson short story that it is based on, remain masterclasses in paranoid terror.
Larry Flynt 1942 – 2021
Remembering the revolutionary, rebellious and defiant publisher of Hustler, free speech icon and thorn in the side of religious and political hypocrites.
Misguided Moralising: Playboy Fashion Ads Cleared Of Sexualisation Claims
Even Britain’s notorious advertising censors couldn’t agree that this poster, featuring a fully-clothed 28-year-old-woman, was sexualising under-age girls.
Red Tape International: Britain’s Forgotten Adult Video Series
The ambitious but under-achieving softcore video magazine series featuring Keith Allen.