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Backstory: Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

16 April 20226 December 2022

Singin’ in the Rain turns 70 this year and although the reviews were good, no one expected it to become known as a

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#Backstory #Fentanyl

What is Fentanyl and Why is it Sometimes So Dangerous

3 April 20225 April 2022

Backstory: Fentanyl is a legal, synthetic opioid, but mixed with street drugs, two grains could mean the difference between life and death Photo:

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foreign journalists working in the warzone inukraine
##StandForPeace #Backstory #Dissent #journalism #News #reporter

Ukraine: Bringing the World Stories from a War Zone

2 April 202222 August 2022

A collection of articles about covering the war from OpenDemocracy, Reporters without Borders and Sky News Photo: March 2022: Journalists cover a Russian

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#Backstory #comedy #Lenny Bruce #stand-up #television

Backstory: Lenny Bruce at Carnegie Hall

28 March 202228 March 2022

Some people are critical of the Lenny Bruce ‘character’ on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and I have to admit that it is a

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Faces (1970}
#Backstory #ClipperMusic #Faces #James Porteous #Music #Rod Stewart #Ronnie Wood

Backstory: A Short History of Faces

25 March 20221 May 2022

Faces: Kenney Jones | Ronnie Wood  |Ian McLagan  | Rod Stewart | Ronnie Lane | Say no more The Faces perform in Detroit, Michigan, September

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Constant (Constant A. Nieuwenhuys) [no title] (1975–6) Tate © DACS, 2022
#art #Backstory #climate change #environment #nature #psychogeography

The Art of Psychogeography: How Places Make us Feel

25 March 202225 March 2022

Psychogeography describes the effect of a geographical location on the emotions and behaviour of individuals Photo: Constant (Constant A. Nieuwenhuys) Tate London 25

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Screenshot Shock and Awe CNN
#Backstory #James Porteous #media #television #war

Backstory: Why is modern ‘war coverage’ so confusing?

16 March 202219 March 2022

We trace the path from actual ‘war correspondents’ to our rather odd, antiseptic, human-interest version of ‘war.’ Photo: Screenshot: Opening Night of Shock

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Ukrainian soldiers and American National Guard soldiers last month during a training in the use of American-provided M141 bunker defeat munitions at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center near Yavoriv, Ukraine.Credit...Brendan Hoffman for The New York Times
##StandForPeace #Backstory #International Peacekeeping and Security Center #Russia #Ukraine #war #Yavoriv Military Training Ground

Backstory: Ukraine’s ‘International Peacekeeping and Security Center’

14 March 202222 August 2022

The attack on the base in Western Ukraine was not ‘random,’ and it surely must have been considered a likely target Photo: Ukrainian

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Hair the Musical (Getty)
#Backstory #Broadway #censorship #ClipperMusic #Hair #Music #rock musical #theatre

Hair: The musical that ‘changed theatre forever’

7 March 20221 May 2022

On 27 September 1968, with the opening of Hair, the curtain fell on centuries of theatre censorship. Photo: 27 September 2018 | Sarah

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#Backstory #John Milton #Paradise Lost #Paradise Lost #writers

John Milton sells the copyright to Paradise Lost for £10 (1667)

5 March 20225 March 2022

John Milton was an anarchist, didn’t believe in the Trinity and wrote pamphlets about the merits of divorce, and wrote Paradise Lost “I

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front-coverEurope ’72 LP, Warner Bros. Records. Front cover Artwork: Kelley/Mouse Studios.
#Backstory #concert #Europe '72 #Grateful Dead #Music

Grateful Dead: The Beauty and the Chaos of ‘Europe ’72’

27 February 202227 February 2022

What on earth were they thinging? A 43-person ‘tour family,’ 22 shows across Europe. Who knows. But thank god they did. Photo: Europe

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#Backstory #border #Brexit #history #Ireland #Northern Ireland #Troubles #United Kingdom

Backstory: The UK’s Troubles ‘Amnesty’

15 July 202115 July 2021

A series of articles discussing what some are calling the UK’s “de facto amnesty” for those involved in Troubles-related killings. Northern Secretary says

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