Here are old photos of City churches (and a few nearby), taken for the London & Middlesex Archaeological Society a century ago.

A vintage collection advertising of domestic tourism in the USSR

Comedian Charlie Chaplin is iconic for several reasons, one of the most obvious being his trademark moustache! His whole look is actually the result of quiet calculations, beginning from when his boss at Keystone Studios said he looked to

Series of 1920s French fashion postcards in the style of the Seeberger brothers, mid-to-second half of the decade, showing fashionable day wear.

Anna May Wong (1905 – 1961) was the first Chinese American movie star, and the first Asian American actress to gain international recognition. Her long and varied career spanned both silent and sound film, television, stage, and radio.

1955 was a year of change for Marilyn Monroe. After leaving Hollywood for New York, and abandoning her contract with Twentieth Century Fox, Marilyn was no longer ‘just a dumb blonde’, but a true renegade. In January, Marilyn formed a production company with photographer Milton Greene, and mov

The mugshots come from the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Flickr page. According to the page, all the prisoners photographed spent time in Newcastle Gaol between December 1871–December 1873.

An interesting collection of old photos of midget cars

The Festival International du Film was supposed to begin in Cannes in 1939, but due to the war, the launch date was put off. Finally, on 20 September 1946 the Festival de Cannes opened its doors, the first great international cultural event of the post-war period. The Festival was organi

The new poster for the most famous film festival in the world was unveiled today, but how does it measure up against past efforts?