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I'm a PhD student researching the role of the archaeological dead in contemporary British society. Think of this as a scrapbook of all the interesting links, snippets of information and random bits and bobs I come across pertaining to death, dying and the dead. Enjoy?!

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    Footwear with bite! Classic brogues get a gruesome makeover with soles made from 1,050 ‘human’ teeth If you’re looking for some footwear in time for Halloween, then these might be just the thing. Designers Mariana Fantich and Dominic Young have given the classic lace-up brogue a gruesome makeover, replacing the rubber soles with 1,050 teeth. And for the squeamish, they emphasise that the pearly whites inlayed into the Savile Row shoes are plastic dentures and not human. Click here for the full story and more photographs!

    Footwear with bite! Classic brogues get a gruesome makeover with soles made from 1,050 ‘human’ teeth

    If you’re looking for some footwear in time for Halloween, then these might be just the thing.

    Designers Mariana Fantich and Dominic Young have given the classic lace-up brogue a gruesome makeover, replacing the rubber soles with 1,050 teeth.

    And for the squeamish, they emphasise that the pearly whites inlayed into the Savile Row shoes are plastic dentures and not human.

    Click here for the full story and more photographs!

    With Lady Gaga in the video for 'Born This Way'

    Art with a Pulse: A former freak-show performer, Rick Genest a.k.a.’Zombie Boy’ is now Thierry Mugler’s latest muse and star of Lady Gaga’s music video for Born This Way. Smothered in tattoos that celebrate the decomposition of the human body, you can read an interview with this most intriguing chap here…