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why am i not surprised >:(
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— 2 Nov 2006 mark sinker 11 comments

For reasons i won’t bore you with, i needed to examine STORM THORGERSON‘s website, he of front-rank 70s sleeve designhouse HIPGNOSIS. I am immediately confronted with the following rubric: “To view this site, you’ll need the F[…]

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Ask the Family
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— 2 Nov 2006 Rob Brennan 7 comments

At this time of year, we’re all thinking about planting a few spring bulbs and protecting our tender plants from the winter frosts. But let’s forget I’m a telly gardener for a bit while my supposed avuncularity is awkwardly slotted […]

Kinvig creator dies, aged 84
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— 2 Nov 2006 Alan 8 comments

Or as the Beeb put it Quatermass creator dies, aged 84. Overlooking Kinvig.
This was brought to my attention yesterday on videowatchdog.blogspot via ILX and I was just trying to come up with something appropriate to focus on for an FT article but I&#[…]

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