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Old Spice Aftershave: how to distinguish beast from man

Posted on 14/09/201919/09/2022

HOW can you distinguish beast from man? Get close enough and have a rummage through their hair – if you see three figures displaying 666 then that’s confirmation of the beast. If on the other hand, after a rummage, no numerical figures are revealed and instead you get the manly aroma of Old Spice aftershave, […]

For mash get Smash: a brief tale of the Smash Agreement

Posted on 06/09/201919/11/2023

Persil Automatic: the failed washing machine experience from the 1980s

Posted on 05/09/201924/10/2022

Treasure Hunt: Anneka Rice, racing hearts and beads of sweat

Posted on 31/08/201926/03/2020

The retro TV set: brutality in action

Posted on 25/08/201925/10/2022

The Quatro conundrum

Posted on 18/08/201930/03/2020

WE’VE seen products come and go: the Sinclair C5 appeared in 1985 then went into receivership during the same year! Computer giant Commodore launched the Commodore 16 computer in 1984; this was the intended upgrade to the Vic 20 and younger brother to the C64 – sadly it hovered and disappeared without stamping its authority like […]