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Since 2023 Christopher Hallam is a Contributing Editor at Points. He is an independent researcher working in academia and civil society organisations, currently exiled in Hampshire, having lived in London for 35 years. His research interests include the history and culture of illicit drugs and the regimes which have sought to regulate and control them. His present focus is on heroin-smoking countercultures in the Britain of the 1980s
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Aug 1, 2023 ∙ 7 min
Christiane F. and me
Christopher Hallam discusses the 'spell cast' over him by Christiane F's iconic autobiography 'Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo'.
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May 2, 2023 ∙ 7 min
French Connections: London-Paris linkages in interwar drug culture
In the early hours of the morning of 1st July 1937, Gerald Edward Mary O’Brien was detained by police officers on the ferry returning...
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Apr 11, 2023 ∙ 7 min
Brenda Dean Paul: Morphia, Camels, Lipstick and Chiffon Knickers
It is possible to read the life of Brenda Dean Paul in a variety of ways. While Elliott Hicks in a recent article focuses very largely on...
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