Not for Tourists: Island of the Dolls

Are you in the mood for a good ghost story? I always am. Doll collecting is a pretty spooky habit on its own. But when you start hanging them from trees on a remote island allegedly haunted by the spirit of a girl, well, things start to tip the scales. Deep in the canals of…

Read Gandhi’s friendly Letter to his pen pal, Adolph Hitler.

So here’s a funny thing you might not have known about Mohandas Gandhi, non-violent activist, historical human reference for world peace and overall man-saint. Dated 23rd July 1939, just a month prior to the German invasion of Poland, Gandhi wrote this letter to his ol’ buddy Adolf Hitler. The letter never actually made it to Hitler…

A Boozed-up Bill Murray takes us on a Tour of ‘Moonrise Kingdom’

This is great. Openly-boozy actor Bill Murray takes us through the set of Moonrise Kingdom in a way that only boozy Bill Murray could. Favorite boozy confession: “I had to work with a bunch of scouts and kids. No money can make that right can it?” Check it out… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K60lcuhwcJs&feature=player_embedded]

Wearing a Belt on your Head was actually a thing in 1960s Paris.

You know when get a little drunk and put a belt around your head because it seems fun at the time … no? Well me neither then, but in 1960s Paris, apparently you didn’t have to be drunk to think head belts made your head look more fashionable. From yet another LIFE magazine gem dug…

Wall Art is like, SO Hot right now.

If you trawl the internet and its design blogs as much as I do, you might have already come across this wall art trend that seems to be happening. I’ve finally discovered the company behind most of it, with their clever faux headboards that I’ve been eyeing and various other creative graphics for walls around the…

Prince Charming was a Sex Offender!

Sorry to ruin your childhood memories on this fine afternoon, but during my back alley stumblings of the internet today, I came across a rather disturbing fact that I think you should know. Prince Charming, Disney’s favorite stock character who managed to get with both Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and Cinderella, he was so damn…

Vintage Matchy-Matchy Fashion was sometimes Chic, mostly Awkward

I came across some photos in the LIFE Archives by fashion photographer Nina Leen, and it seems that back in the day, people liked matching a whole bunch of stuff; shoes, hats, gloves, jackets, umbrellas, you name it. The idea of walking into a shop and seeing a skirt or jacket being sold with a…

10 Summer Shorts for Girls who aren’t into Booty Shorts

Over the weekend I was doing a spring clean of the ol’ closet and decided to say goodbye to a well-worn, much-loved pair of red denim booty shorts. You see, there comes a point when you get over the mid twenties hump and make the wise decision to stand up and say, “I’m not going…

10 Reasons to Build a Time Machine and go back to the 1960s

It’s Monday, so let’s contemplate time travel… 1. For the Cars (obviously) 2. We could have gone to a school like this: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_1ne8WJUvI&feature=player_embedded] 3. Everything was Cheaper. 4. In the 60s Brigitte Bardot looked like this: Today she looks like this: Okay okay, so she aged naturally which is highly commendable of her but…

Venus gets Photoshopped: BEFORE & AFTER

At first, seeing these celebrated paintings which have been photoshopped by Italian artist Anna Utopia Giordano, would probably leave many women feeling a little disheartened. Isn’t there enough worshiping of the skinny female frame today? Must we manipulate the only form of art left in the world that still honours the beauty of a curvaceous…