James Arnold
@jamesarnold.bsky.social
Getty Images, London. Walking up and down hills in Hampshire. Photography, books and peering into the abyss.
Ducklings on the River Test
June 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Ducklings on the River Test
Reading Erotic Vagrancy by Roger Lewis and am blown away by what Elizabeth Taylor's then husband Eddie Fisher is going through to look after her.
May 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Reading Erotic Vagrancy by Roger Lewis and am blown away by what Elizabeth Taylor's then husband Eddie Fisher is going through to look after her.
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By water home, and so walk upon the leads, and in the dark there played upon my flageolette, it being a fine still evening, and so to supper and to bed.
May 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
By water home, and so walk upon the leads, and in the dark there played upon my flageolette, it being a fine still evening, and so to supper and to bed.
The commandant of the Civil Defence Technical Training Centre in Quebec demonstrates the effect of an atomic bomb exploding over a city, Canada, 28th April 1952.
April 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
The commandant of the Civil Defence Technical Training Centre in Quebec demonstrates the effect of an atomic bomb exploding over a city, Canada, 28th April 1952.
Madame Tussauds waxwork models of The Beatles, 24th April 1967.
April 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Madame Tussauds waxwork models of The Beatles, 24th April 1967.
Remembering the time I saw the Pope in the back of a Skoda in Alton station carpark.
April 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Remembering the time I saw the Pope in the back of a Skoda in Alton station carpark.
Explorer Theodore Illion, demonstrating the headgear that he considers will best protect him during his expedition to Central Asia, in London on 16th April 1934. He claimed to have visited Tibet and discovered an underground city there. Though there are doubts that he ever went anywhere near Tibet.
April 16, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Explorer Theodore Illion, demonstrating the headgear that he considers will best protect him during his expedition to Central Asia, in London on 16th April 1934. He claimed to have visited Tibet and discovered an underground city there. Though there are doubts that he ever went anywhere near Tibet.
Ringo Starr and John Lennon stand in the doorways of the adjoining suburban houses on Ailsa Avenue in Twickenham used in filming 'Help!' starring The Beatles, 15th April 1965. Photo by Stan Meagher.
April 15, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Ringo Starr and John Lennon stand in the doorways of the adjoining suburban houses on Ailsa Avenue in Twickenham used in filming 'Help!' starring The Beatles, 15th April 1965. Photo by Stan Meagher.
Some fantastic examples of fake images through the years here:
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘It never happened – but the picture says it did’: 28 fake images that fooled the world
From the pope in a puffer to the Princess of Wales and family, baby Hitler to Mussolini on horseback, people have always manipulated photographs, whether for political power, image control – or just f...
www.theguardian.com
April 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Some fantastic examples of fake images through the years here:
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Up early to my lute and a song.
April 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Up early to my lute and a song.
Peter Sellers with Ringo Starr, 31st March 1969. Photo by Les Lee.
March 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Peter Sellers with Ringo Starr, 31st March 1969. Photo by Les Lee.
Spotted a new born lamb taking its first steps.
March 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Spotted a new born lamb taking its first steps.
Eric Morecambe pushed on a tricycle by Ernie Wise, 27th March 1980.
March 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Eric Morecambe pushed on a tricycle by Ernie Wise, 27th March 1980.
The Truth about Teenagers. Photo by Bert Hardy for Picture Post, 25th March 1957.
March 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The Truth about Teenagers. Photo by Bert Hardy for Picture Post, 25th March 1957.
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Drinking of cold small beer here I fell ill, and was forced to go out and vomit, and so was well again and went home by and by to bed.
March 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Drinking of cold small beer here I fell ill, and was forced to go out and vomit, and so was well again and went home by and by to bed.
Michael Caine, 92 today, born 14th March 1933. Photo by Stephan C. Archetti.
March 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Michael Caine, 92 today, born 14th March 1933. Photo by Stephan C. Archetti.
Greek singer and songwriter Demis Roussos (1946 - 2015) photographed in London by Steve Wood, 12th March 1974.
March 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Greek singer and songwriter Demis Roussos (1946 - 2015) photographed in London by Steve Wood, 12th March 1974.
Going to the brink of death and back, in a nine car pile-up on a dual carriage-way, is ... very much like making love to a beautiful woman. First of all, brace yourself, hold on tight - particularly if it's a rear-ender. And pray you make contact with her twin airbags as soon as possible.
March 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Going to the brink of death and back, in a nine car pile-up on a dual carriage-way, is ... very much like making love to a beautiful woman. First of all, brace yourself, hold on tight - particularly if it's a rear-ender. And pray you make contact with her twin airbags as soon as possible.
John Lydon of the Sex Pistols with manager Malcolm McLaren leaving Marlborough Street Magistrates Court after being fined for possessing illegal substances, London, 11th March 1977.
March 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
John Lydon of the Sex Pistols with manager Malcolm McLaren leaving Marlborough Street Magistrates Court after being fined for possessing illegal substances, London, 11th March 1977.