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Sheila on 2006-08-22
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A Soviet Poster A Day
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Yam Chi-Keung on 2007-08-20
Every soviet poster no matter the date of creation bears a stamp
of expressiveness and graphical quality. The attention to details is
awesome. The scope of techniques is endless. Soviet posters are a
treasure chest with inspiration for any graphical designer, not to
mention the seeing pleasure itself. And what's important, every Soviet
Poster has a historical reference essential for understanding the
layers of meanings it carries through time.
Jeanette Winterson
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Radclyffe Hall was a wealthy ‘invert’ as she liked to call herself, (following the lead of sexologist Havelock Ellis), who made it her mission to tell the world about her kind. Had she not done so, no-one would be reading her now. She believed she was a genius, tried to write good old-fashioned novels, wore men’s clothes, was deeply conservative, and considered herself ‘married’ to her monocle-sporting partner, Una Troubridge. They bred dachshunds, lived in Mayfair, and disapproved of both Socialism and Modernism in equal measure. Their hobby was contacting spirits by ouija board.
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When the WELL was published, the Daily Express reviewer wrote: ‘I would rather give a healthy boy or healthy girl a phial of prussic acid than this novel.’
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