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​The Guide #225: Everyone loves an origin story: Guardian debuts, from the Beatles to Donkey Kong

9 janvier 2026 à 18:00

​In this week’s newsletter: In the first of a new series, we’re digging into the archives to find the first fleeting mentions of pop culture’s great and good. But who’s this little lady?

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From Radiohead playing in backroom pubs as On a Friday to Timothée Chalamet’s early days as an Xbox YouTuber, it’s always fascinating to see the faltering first steps of famous folk. So in this week’s newsletter we’re launching a new regular feature, Origin stories, where we’ll look at how the Guardian first covered some now very familiar pop culture figures or institutions. And you’ll find out who the tyke above is, from a 1973 photoshoot, at the end.

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© Photograph: Frank Martin/The Guardian

© Photograph: Frank Martin/The Guardian

© Photograph: Frank Martin/The Guardian

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