St. Scandalbags

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Collector of strange books. In an inexplicable relationship with the late Frank Harris. He/him.

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If you see this, reply with a picture that illustrates what it's like living in the UK.

Teenagers cramming into a telephone box, which is how we would amuse ourselves in those days.

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Landscape apres lunch with dissected dog toys

St. Scandalbags@alfaguru· 14d

A pic of me in the 70s. I am the dork in the glasses, as ever.

A rare image of pop group Twist & Shout relaxing with a few drinks. L-R John, Kev, Alfred, Linda.

St. Scandalbags@alfaguru· 14d

No, darling, the SS flashes are for desert. Use the Reichsadler for soup, like we taught you.

Book cover: Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich, by James A Yannes

St. Scandalbags@alfaguru· 14d

"We're coming to you today from an island where the locals have strong opinions about the Nolan / Wilson kerfuffle."

Cover of the Classics Illustrated edition of The Odyssey, showing a cyclops bearing a huge boulder, which he is about to chuck at a boat just offshore.

St. Scandalbags@alfaguru· 15d

Who knew?

Spam box with message from "Your Sex Life" titled "Make her squirt 3x tonight with this military mixture"

Old bottle of Camp Coffee with Chicory, showing a seated highland officer being served said beverage by a turbaned orderly.

St. Scandalbags@alfaguru· 17d

This letter is up for sale on ebay. Frank Harris being snotty about Edith Wharton. His literary antennae were generally pretty keen, but not this time. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/39808842...

[Letterhead for Pearson's Magazine, Frank Harris, Editor]
Dear Mrs Roos:
There is one story of Mrs. Wharton's - a society story -
that is quite good. I read it some ten or twelve years ago. "Ethan Frome" I read afterwards, It is a woman's picture of a man and neither true nor deeply studied. One good book hardly entitles Mrs. Wharton
to be mentioned in the first rank, in my opinion. Frank Harris.

St. Scandalbags@alfaguru· 19d

Not a cat staircase as it turns out, but CAT LADDERS. From "Picture Paragraphs: Things Seen in Everyday Life Explained and Illustrated" (1907).

Illustration of a simple stone thatched cottage with two ladders reaching from the ground to the roof. Text: "Ladders for Cats.
The inhabitant of a cottage in the village of White Notley, in Essex, is much troubled with birds which make their nests in the thatch, thereby doing great damage to it and letting in the rain. To get rid of these pests he has adopted a system by which his cats can reach the roof—they cannot climb up the sides of the cottage owing to the manner in which it is built. On each side of the front door, a ladder, formed of a long pole with withes nailed horizontally to it at regular intervals, is erected, reaching to the roof, Up these the cats climb and are to a great extent clearing the thatch of its undesirable occupants. "

St. Scandalbags@alfaguru· 21d

#NowPlaying a stonking performance.

Jazz at the Plaza, volume 1. The Mile Davis Sextet.

St. Scandalbags@alfaguru· 22d

#NowPlaying a work of audacious genius.

as heard on radio soulwax pt. 7 by 2 many dj's

St. Scandalbags@alfaguru· Jul 12

*knocks* "Hi Mitch, it's me, Lindsay" *enters* "Oh, I didn't know you had a visitor ..."

Klaus Kinski as Nosferatu enjoys a quick bite.

St. Scandalbags@alfaguru· Jul 10

Ah, yes, I Bewember it Well

Maurice Chevalier and Hermione Gingold in Gigi (1958), demonstrating the fallibility of the human brain when it comes to recalling past experience.

St. Scandalbags@alfaguru· Jul 8

Saw this in the Tate when I was a kid. An image both perfectly clear and utterly mysterious. Never forgotten that moment.

Magritte's painting Time Transfixed, which depicts a steam train coming out of an empty fireplace, poised in mid air.

St. Scandalbags@alfaguru· Jul 7

Presumably not a remake of this one.

St. Scandalbags@alfaguru· Jul 2

I say, I think you have a point there, old bean.

Ian Carmichael in School for Scoundrels, driving the "Swiftmobile" (a disintegrating junkheap masquerading as a high-end motor) he has just been sold by Terry-Thomas.

St. Scandalbags@alfaguru· Jul 2

Five Star being swearily abused by caller Eliot Fletcher on BBC TV show Going Live in 1989.

St. Scandalbags@alfaguru· Jun 28

Just got called a wanker at the State Fair earlier, lads

St. Scandalbags@alfaguru· Jun 25

It's that day again (every day).

The Rutles LP cover featuring The Rutles as The Rutles.

St. Scandalbags@alfaguru· Jun 19

Today's delivery. I am sure it will prove to have been written entirely in good faith, with startling insights into the afterlife emanating from the shade of tabloid bad boy Freddie Starr. #PhantomsFriday

Book cover: Malcolm Thorogood - The Soul Must Go On Book Two. "More amazing supernatural experiences & featuring FREDDIE STARR'S messages from beyond the grave." "Freddie's messages to his friend, the author of this book, are absolute proof of Freddie's life after death." The cover shows a large photograph of a smiling youthful Freddie Starr, not pretending to be Hitler or allegedly committing sex crimes.

St. Scandalbags@alfaguru· Jun 17

Did someone say "Hydration Break"?

Joan Collins spilling her Campari on herself thanks to the hapless Leonard Rossiter, in ancient advert.

St. Scandalbags@alfaguru· Jun 11

Possibly an influence on the charlatan Webster Edgerly, who also wrote a couple of books on acting. These illustrations from "Lessons in the Art of Facial Expression" (1889).