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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Gwilym Mumford

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

A little girl stands next to a bicycle
Who’s that girl? A children’s fashion shoot from 21 May 1973. Photograph: Frank Martin/The Guardian

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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