Historical Barbies: Warning Shallow Post! May 29, 2014
Author: Beach Combing | in : Actualite, Ancient, Contemporary, Medieval, Modern, Prehistoric
Barbie is an American doll that has been marketed across the globe since 1959 and that was based on an earlier German ‘sexy’ doll Bild Lilli (another post, another day). Barbie was, of course, an instant success and continues to outsell all rivals – there is a Barbie doll purchased every three seconds somewhere in the world – […]
Radioactive Japes September 28, 2011
Author: Beach Combing | in : Contemporary
Beachcombing’s recent reading about secret weapons from the Second World War and cobblers about ancient nuclear wars has got him thinking. He should really, twenty years ago, have put together a file on radioactive folly in human history. But, in the absence of this file, he hopes that reader’s will be able to provide some […]
