In a curious way, the deaths today of both Vivienne Westwood and Pele – a fashion guru and a footballing great – are connected to the story of the popularisation of the tshirt.Globe Trotsky marks a sad in the history of the tshirt. Here at Gulag Towers, headquarters of Globe Read more…
As John Lennon was recording his global anthem, Imagine, defiant workers on the Clyde seized control of their shipyards demanding the ‘right to work’. Globe Trotsky uncovers the full story behind Lennon’s donation as he transformed from affable mop top to militant activist.
The tshirt could be a vital example that captures comradeship and consciousness and can be subverted as a mass produced means of campaigning and revolution.
1970s was a great era to be a Scotland fan, qualifying for five consecutive World Cup finals. After a 23 year absence from a top tournament, Globe Trotsky unpacks the decline of the dark blues in a personal journey.
Billy Bremner: 10 stones of barbed wire. 50 years ago, I saw the great 1970s Leeds team come up short in front of a crowd of 136,000. Until now I hadn’t appreciated how difficult it must have been to be a Leeds supporter.
It’s 1968 and Enoch Powell has just delivered his ‘Rivers of Blood speech. Can 50-year-old photograph solve a family rift over a father’s political legacy?
Globe Trotsky begins his epic USA road trip in April. It promises to be Judith Chalmers meets Frankie Boyle.
The Dominican Republic ticks every box for the photographic traveller. Unspoiled beaches, cotton wool clouds and history and culture by the bucketload.
A cold, short, winter day in the small German City of Chemnitz, is not everyone’s
idea of a tourist day out.
But with a fascination for socialist realist sculpture and brutalist architecture, I had been salivating ahead of this trip for a several years.
Football you have spoiled me. Globe Trotsky reveals how a life behind the lens as a football photographer can make you lazy.