Published in the 1990s, the Magic Eye series consisted of picture books filled with autostereograms. On the face of it, they were psychedelic and colourful…
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Max’s Kansas City was a New York bar, restaurant, club and trendy hangout where such acts as the Velvet Underground and the New York Dolls got their start. It…
The Monster Truck craze was inspired in 1975 by Bob Chandler’s ‘Bigfoot’ – a souped-up Ford with four-foot-high tyres, named after the hairy ape-like creature…
The idea behind a mood ring was simple: You wore it on your finger and the colour of the stone would reflect the state of…
The term “Moonies” was a popular name for followers of the Unification Church – a religious sect founded by Korean industrialist Sun Myung Moon (pictured)…
The internet has made porn accessible to everyone these days – but before the web came along, if you wanted to see a pair of…
“The Nauga is ugly, but his vinyl hide is beautiful” In the 1960s and 1970s, you couldn’t turn on the TV in America without seeing…
“New Age” was a movement of the late 1980s characterised by an emphasis on the holistic view of body and mind, alternative (or complementary) medicines,…
“New Coke” almost spelt the end for the Coca-Cola empire in 1985. They changed the flavour of Coke and the American public were not having…
Somewhere between 1993 and 1994, British masculinity was perceived as having spawned a new type, the ‘New Lad’. His media sighting could arguably be traced…
The “New Romantic” movement was a distinctive music and fashion genre that emerged in Britain in the early 80s as a reaction to the anti-fashion…
Literally meaning “new cuisine”, nouvelle cuisine was a revolutionary culinary movement pioneered in France in the 1970s. By the 1980s, the movement had spread globally and…
The Outspan Orange car was shaped like an orange, had orange skin-textured fibreglass bodywork, and looked like an orange but was, in fact, a Mini…
During the 1980s, at break times all over Britain, every schoolboy would huddle together, heads bowed, studying intently. Not books – natch – but something…
Has anybody on the planet ever collected a full set of these collections which went on forever . . . AND they made you buy a…
The ubiquitous icon of the Aquarian age and one of the most widely known symbols in the world. In Britain it is recognised as standing…
The Pet Rock was probably the biggest toy fluke of the 20th century. Can you imagine people today buying a rock decorated with animal features?…
It used to be the case that if you wanted to telephone somebody while walking down the street you would go into a phone box,…
A six-man team of students at Derby College of Technology in the UK, working with hand tools such as axes, sledgehammers, crowbars and brooms, were…
“Don’t look now, but vada the omee by the door. Absolutely gorgeous riah, but look at his naff tatts.” Also known as Palari, Palare, Parlaree…