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    The Queen’s diamond jubilee: celebrate with a taste of the 1950s As the UK gears up for the jubilee celebrations we’ve found 10 places where you can embrace the style of the 50s, from kitsch caravans to vintage tearooms, retro festivals and a National Trust property frozen in time

    The Queen’s diamond jubilee: celebrate with a taste of the 1950s

    As the UK gears up for the jubilee celebrations we’ve found 10 places where you can embrace the style of the 50s, from kitsch caravans to vintage tearooms, retro festivals and a National Trust property frozen in time

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    Great British Fashion stamps, by Sølve Sundsbø The tartan mini kilt by Vivienne Westwood is memorable not for its design, but because it was the outfit Naomi Campbell was wearing when she famously took her platform-induced catwalk tumble in 1993.

    Great British Fashion stamps, by Sølve Sundsbø

    The tartan mini kilt by Vivienne Westwood is memorable not for its design, but because it was the outfit Naomi Campbell was wearing when she famously took her platform-induced catwalk tumble in 1993.

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    Canada’s Lake Louise Ice Magic festival

    Every winter sculptors from across the world meet at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, in the Canadian Rockies, to create masterpieces from blocks of ice. Edwin Hasler captures the atmosphere and intricate work of the ice-carvers. Music by Duo Imaginaire

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    Waterskiers attempt world record in Australia

    In an attempt to break the world record for the most waterskiers behind a single boat, 154 are pulled by the same vessel for a full nautical mile (1.85km). Five miles (8km) of ski rope was used to pull the skiers, who travelled from all over the world to take part in the world record attempt in Tasmania

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    A child sits at a piano in Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s interactive children’s art project called The Obliteration Room 2011, which is part of her Look Now See Forever exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane Photograph: Stuart Addelsee

    A child sits at a piano in Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s interactive children’s art project called The Obliteration Room 2011, which is part of her Look Now See Forever exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
    Photograph: Stuart Addelsee

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