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Two women wearing telephone headsets sit at desks in a busy office, eating from KFC containers. Computers, telephones and other workers fill the background, and a subtitle reads, “These tortilla chips are delish.”
Adverts

KFC’s “Singing Soul” Advert

2005
Tightly cropped, low-resolution photograph of a tomato purée tin label with red “TOMATO PUREE” lettering, “DOUBLE CONCENTRATE,” and a yellow panel reading “MADE WITH GENETICALLY MODIFIED TOMATOES”; narrow parts of adjacent tins appear at both edges.
Food & Drinks

Genetically Modified Tomato Purée

1996–1999
Close-up of a crumpled purple, orange and yellow snack packet printed with “Golden Wonder,” “Wotsits Wafflers,” “Cheesy Flavour,” “Cheesy & Crunchy” and “NEW!”, plus an illustration of a square lattice-shaped snack.
Food & Drinks

Golden Wonder Wotsits Wafflers

2000
Two blue freestanding public telephone units with curved silver-and-glass hoods stand on a city pavement beside a road; the nearer unit displays a Mercury Communications logo, with pedestrians and office buildings behind.
Trends

Britain’s Independent Phone Box Boom

1987–2000s
Two-page Midland promotional brochure for SWITCH electronic banking, with the green-and-black SWITCH logo, a pictured Midland Autocheque card, and illustrations of a card being swiped through a keypad terminal, a signed receipt, and a telephone payment device.
Technology

Switch

1988
A screenshot of an Independent culture article shows the heading “Hardsellingbrandpluggingwarfighting,” the subheading “PETER YORK ON ADS; No 80: PEPSI/VIRGIN,” and a publication date of 21 May 1995.
Adverts

Virgin Cola’s UK “Cola Wars” Launch Campaign

1995–1996
Blue Embassy Regal cigarette advert reading “Reg on smoking.” A black-and-white cut-out portrait of a smiling bald man appears beside the line “I smoke ’em because my name’s on ’em.” and a hand holding a Regal pack. Tar, nicotine and smoking warning text runs along the bottom.
Adverts

Embassy Regal Cigarettes’ “Reg” Campaign

1992
Woman wearing sunglasses drinks from a bottle on a beach at sunset beside the text NekNomination: The Online Social Drinking Game.
Trends

NekNomination

2014
Black-and-white photograph of a solitary lighthouse and adjoining buildings on a barren rocky island.
Mysteries

Flannan Isles Lighthouse

1900
Aberfan Memorial Garden with lawns, stone walls and a commemorative tree.
History

The Aberfan Disaster

1966
Historical illustration of crowds, boats and carts beside a smoky, polluted River Thames with St Paul's Cathedral in the distance.
History

The Great Stink

1858
Three smartphone mock-ups showing musical.ly's selfie recording screen, content discovery grid and vertical featured-video feed.
Apps

musical.ly

2014–2018
Yellow and red packaging for the 2020 Turkey Twizzlers relaunch.
Food & Drinks

Turkey Twizzlers

1997–2005
Black-and-white Rumbelows newspaper advertisement for the Rabbit cordless digital phone, showing a handset in a charging cradle beside a ribbed base unit and a small inset photograph of a person holding the handset. Large text advertises a price of £199.99 and a free extra handset.
Technology

Rabbit

1992
2010 Google Buzz welcome page in Gmail describing social updates, conversations and inbox integration.
Internet

Google Buzz

2010