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Variety Theatre, Dr. Walford BodieDr. Walford Bodie 1869 - 1939, One of the most famed and controversial Music Hall performers of his day. Known as the Electrical Wizzard
Birmingham Bull RingThe old Bull Ring Centre, a notorious symbol of post World War Two modernism, now demolished. Completed in 1964; Britains first multi-storey fully enclosed shopping centre
Carlyon Bay 1970SThe long, unspoilt beach at Carlyon Bay, Cornwall, England, now the site of a huge controversial development of luxury beachside apartments and houses
Carson Speaks 1913Edward Carson, leader of the Irish Unionists (1910-21) speaks out against Home Rule at a meeting in Belfast
German Railway gun captured at the Battle of Amiens - WW1A huge German Railway gun captured at the Battle of Amiens on 8th August 1918 became a source of some Allied controversy. The Australian 31st Battalion effected its capture, but
David Lloyd George leaving Downing StreetLloyd George pictured leaving Downing Street after his resignation with his wife and daughter Megan. His resignation announcement featured in the Court circular of 19th October
Two skeletons, human and gorillaA human skeleton compared with that of a gorilla
Oxford V Cambridge 1877(L) Danger Ahead (R) At Barnes Race which had a controversial dead heat finish
Joseph Lyne (Ignatius)JOSEPH LEYCESTER LYNE known as Father Ignatius controversial Welsh churchman, founded monastery at Llanthony, believed in flat earth, etc. Date: 1837 - 1908
Enoch Powell, controversial British politician(John) Enoch Powell (1912-1998), British politician and Conservative MP from 1950 to 1974. After controversy over his Rivers of Blood speech in 1968
Margery Crandon 7Spirit photo of controversial American medium Margery, with alleged spirit faces. Few today would attempt a defence of Margery - writes investigator J Gordon Melton
Sir Richard Aclands Gift to the Nation Starts a ControversyThe MP Sir Richard Acland handed over to the National Trust the 16, 000 acres of beautiful West Country property which comprise his Killerton Estate and his Holnicote Estate
James Joyce, Irish novelist and poetJames Joyce (1882-1941), Irish novelist and poet. 1921
Rudi Schneider TestedAustrian medium Rudi Schneider is tested in London by Harry Price and colleagues. The findings suggest psychic powers but are controversial
Eric Gill, sculptor and printmaker, at workArthur Eric Rowton Gill (1882 - 1940), English sculptor, printmaker and typeface designer, at work, using a magnifying glass. Date: 1930
Henri Rochefort / SemHENRI ROCHEFORT Controversial French journalist, looking rather severe Date: 1830 - 1913
Margery Crandon 4Controversial American medium Margery in trance. She was exposed by Houdini but many believe her genuine
Miss J Evans / TennisMISS J EVANS photographed in action at Ealing, London. Note the fact that she is wearing socks and not stockings, which was controversial at the time
Thomas a Becket, MartyrTHOMAS A BECKET controversial archbishop of Canterbury depicted as Saint Thomas of Canterbury
William LenthallWILLIAM LENTHALL statesman whose conduct during the commonwealth was often ambiguous and controversial. with his autograph Date: 1591 - 1662
The Escape of Grotius, aka Hugo de Groot, Dutch humanist, diplomat, lawyer, theologian, poet and playwright. He was imprisoned in Loevestein Castle for his involvement in Calvinist disputes
Cartoon, Bad Business! Irish Home RulePolitical cartoon, Bad Business! A satirical comment on William Ewart Gladstone and Irish Home Rule, with William Harcourt (R) depicted as an elderly woman Date: 1891
Kenneth Tynan with J B PriestleyKenneth Peacock Tynan (1927-1980), influential and often controversial English theatre critic and writer. Seen here (left) with J B (John Boynton) Priestley (1894-1984)
Salman Rushdie, British-Indian novelist and essayistSalman Rushdie (Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie, b 1947), British-Indian novelist and essayist. Date: circa 1980s
Malcolm Muggeridge, English journalist and broadcaster(Thomas) Malcolm Muggeridge (1903-1990), English journalist, author, media personality and satirist. From agnosticism he became a Christian, and converted to Roman Catholicism in his later years
Michael Scott-Joynt, outspoken English clergymanMichael Charles Scott-Joynt (b 1943), English clergyman, Bishop of Stafford (1987-1995) and Bishop of Winchester (from 1995, due to retire 2011). Outspoken opponent of gay rights. Date: circa 1970s
Spitting Image puppet of Margaret ThatcherA puppet of Margaret Thatcher, British Conservative Prime Minister, used on the satirical TV programme, Spitting Image. The book is Spycatcher by Peter Wright
Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Southern RhodesiaIan Douglas Smith (1919-2007), best known as the Prime Minister of the British self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia
Kenneth Tynan, English theatre critic and writerKenneth Peacock Tynan (1927-1980), influential and often controversial English theatre critic and writer. Date: circa 1960s
Ian McGregor, head of the NCB during the Miners StrikeIan McGregor (Sir Ian Kinloch MacGregor, 1912-1998), Scottish-American metallurgist and industrialist, controversial head of British Steel
Germaine Greer 1939 Australian Writer Authorgermaine, greer, 1939, australian, writer, author, academic, journalist, journalism, scholar, scholarship, research, early, modern, english, literature, feminist, feminism, intellectual, womens
Gerry Adams, Irish republican politicianGerry Adams (Gerard Adams, b 1948), Irish republican politician, President of Sinn Fein. Seen here in profile, lighting his pipe. Date: circa early 1980s
Bernadette Devlin, political activist and MPBernadette Devlin (Josephine Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, b 1947), socialist republican political activist in Northern Ireland, MP for Mid Ulster 1969-1974
Gerry Adams and Ken Livingstone in LondonGerry Adams (Gerard Adams, b 1948), Irish republican politician, President of Sinn Fein, and Ken Livingstone (Kenneth Robert Livingstone, b 1945), British Labour politician
The charwomen in the National Gallery. A cartoon about the conservation controversy at the National Gallery, after nine paintings were cleaned in the autumn of 1852
Cartoon, Sliding on Thin Ice (Roman Catholicism)Cartoon, Sliding on Thin Ice -- a satirical comment on the Roman Catholic Church, the Popes claim to infallibility, and the attraction of High-Church Protestant Anglo-Catholics towards Catholicism
Cartoon, Swift on a Large Scale (Gladstone)Cartoon, Swift on a Large Scale -- a comment on Gladstones assigning the surplus from Irish Church endowments (resulting from the disestablishment of the Irish Church) for humanitarian purposes
Turkey Trot, The Agony of TerpsichorePage from The Bystander showing Oscar and Suzette demonstrating various steps from the new ragtime dance, the Turkey Trot, which they were performing at the London Hippodrome in 1912
Dr John Bastwick, English Puritan physician and writerDr John Bastwick (1593-1654), English Puritan physician and controversial writer. 17th century
Political poster, Chinese Labour -- a commentary on British gold mining activities in the Transvaal, South Africa. circa 1906
Controversial American medium Margery is presented with a loving cup by admirers at the Psychic College. Date: 1920s
W T Stead (1849-1912) - English Newspaper Editor and pioneer of investigative journalism in the Victorian era. Championed the raising of the age of consent from 13 to 16. Date: 1905
View of the monument to the Russian writer Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (1809-1852) in Moscow, Russia. It was erected in 1909 on Prechistensky Boulevard
Stylish French Fashion model in swimwear and pink headscarf Date: circa 1920s
Faustin Edmond Wirkus, King of La Gonave, HaitiFaustin Edmond Wirkus (1896-1945), King of La Gonave, Haiti as Faustin II, ruling from 1926 to 1929. He had been a Polish-American US Marine stationed in Haiti during the US occupation
Ruth Williams KhamaRUTH WILLIAMS KHAMA English woman, controversially married (1948) Seretse Khama, heir to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana. Here with baby Jacqueline. Date: 1923 - 2002
Princess Victor Duleep Singh (Lady Anne Coventry)Lady Anne Coventry, whose marriage to the bankrupt royal Sikh Prince Victor Duleep Singh in 1898 was controversial - it was the first time an English noblewoman had married an Indian prince
Caricature, Oscar Wilde as RomeoCaricature, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) in the role of Romeo -- an American newspaper had recently reported that this was about to happen. 1883
Caricature of Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwrightCaricature of Oscar Fingal O Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854-1900), Irish poet, novelist, essayist and playwright. 1881
Cartoon, The Cow Pock, or, the Wonderful Effects of the New Inoculation! by James Gillray. Depicting a scene at the Smallpox and Inoculation Hospital, St Pancras, London
Thomas Henry Huxley, English scientistThomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), English scientist, champion of Darwins Theory of Evolution. Date: late 19th century
Jack Johnson, boxer, going to court, LondonThe American heavyweight boxer Arthur John Johnson, better known as Jack Johnson (1878-1946), nicknamed the Galveston Giant, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion between 1908 and 1915
Lysistrata by Aubrey BeardsleyAn illustration by Aubrey Beardsley to the play Lysistrata by the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. In the play, Lysistrata convinces the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their
Margery CrandonMina Stinson - aka Margery Crandon - controversial American spirit medium
Duncan EctoplasmControversial English medium Helen Duncan emits a fine flow of ectoplasm for Harry Price. He will reveal it to be made of cheesecloth
Cartoon by Harold Auerbach, The Era of June? A comment on the controversial political issues of tariff reform, free trade, home rule and socialism. Date: 1910
Cartoon by Harold Auerbach, The Era of 1910? A comment on the controversial political issues of tariff reform, free trade, home rule and socialism. Date: 1910
Tatler cover - Victorious England cricketersEngland cricketers of 1933 featured on the cover of The Tatler at the time of a tour in Australia where they played five test matches and won the Ashes four matches to one
Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomerGalileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer and philosopher. He got into trouble with the church over his claim that the sun, and not the earth
The Apple of Eden, by G Carlton Wallace, a romantic play first produced at the Elephant and Castle, London, August 1910, then the Princes Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, April 1912
Queen Caroline of Brunswick and Alderman Wood, LondonQueen Caroline of Brunswick, wife of King George IV, at the house of her advisor, Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Baronet, a City of London Alderman and MP. circa 1820
Henry Thomas GodwinSir HENRY THOMAS GODWIN British military commander who scored a considerable, if controversial, success in a war against Burma. Date: 1784 - 1853
Dollinger - 3JOHANN JOSEPH IGNAZ von DOLLINGER : controversial German theologian who opposed papacy, rejected papal infallibility. He was excommunicated, of course. Date: 1799 - 1890
Dollinger - 2JOHANN JOSEPH IGNAZ von DOLLINGER : controversial German theologian who opposed papacy, rejected papal infallibility. He was excommunicated, of course. Date: 1799 - 1890
Athanase CoquerelATHANASE JOSUE COQUEREL Controversial French churchman. Date: 1820 - 1875
Hugh Boyd (Watson)HUGH BOYD Irish writer, diplomat in the Far East : possible author of the controversial Letters of Junius, attacking the government, 1768 - 1772 Date: 1746 - 1794
John Goodwin (Glover)JOHN GOODWIN controversial divine, of republican sympathies Date: 1594 - 1665
John Goodwin CaricatureJOHN GOODWIN controversial divine, of republican sympathies, depicted as driven by pride and error Date: 1594 - 1665
Sir Francis BurdettSIR FRANCIS BURDETT controversial statesman Date: 1770 - 1844
John Bale (1495-1563), Bishop of Ossory, scholar and writer. English prelate (divine) and author of controversial works about the Protestant cause
John Horne Tooke (1736 - 1812) - English controversial Divine and politician (co-founder with John Wilkes of Bill of Rights Society)
Synchronised Swimming Wedding causes quite a stirAugust 1962, Kinson, Bournemouth. The wedding of Eileen Hart, 22 of New Milton and David King of Coombe Gardens, Bournemouth caused quite a stir (and claims of a publicity stunt)
John Horne Tooke seatedJohn Horne Tooke (1736 - 1812) - English controversial Divine and politician
Speed controversy and ship losses by G. H. DavisFaster or slower cargo ships? Some of the outstanding features in the speed controversy over ship losses during the Second World War
A German 15cm Siege gunA photograph showing a German gun captured by French soldiers during the Battle of the Somme. Intended to be a decisive breakthrough
Bourges Coeur MaisonFacade of the maison de Jacques Coeur, a wealthy but controversial merchant. Date: 1855
Daniel Hanmer WellsDANIEL HANMER WELLS Mormon pioneer, general, and mayor of Salt Lake City : a controversial figure who was indicted though not tried for having seven wives. Date: 1814 - 1891
Nathaniel VincentNATHANIEL VINCENT controversial nonconformist churchman Date: 1639 - 1697
Andrew WilletANDREW WILLET controversial churchman Date: 1562 - 1621
Thomas StapletonTHOMAS SPALETON Controversial catholic churchman, professor of theology at Louvain Date: 1535 - 1598
William SclaterWILLIAM SCLATER controversial churchman, who trimmed his beard to fit his ruff in a tasteful and becoming fashion. Date: 1609 - 1661
Melchior RinckMELCHIOR RINCK German classical scholar and humanist, religious extremist associated with anabaptists, protagonist of a controversial divorce case. Date: 1473? - 1530S+
Henry Peckwell - 2HENRY PECKWELL controversial churchman, rector of Bloxholm and minister of Westminster Chapel, styling himself the sick mans friend. Date: 1747 - 1787
Henry Peckwell - 1HENRY PECKWELL controversial churchman who styled himself the sick mans friend, writing a letter. Date: 1747 - 1787
