The Scarfolk Annual

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a b c Martin Schneider (23 April 2013). "Welcome to Scarfolk, the most twisted English village of the 1970s". Dangerous Minds . Retrieved 14 October 2014. Put it this way: you’re walking along the street and come face to face with a drooling man who has a glassy look in his eye and a selection of illegal weapons strewn about his person. Without the faculty of fear you might be tempted to engage the man in polite conversation and perhaps ask him why he is drooling down his own surplus army fatigues as he aims one of his assault rifles squarely at your face. This, I have to tell you, is not the best way to survive the situation. Walking away swiftly, running even, is almost certainly more applicable. Scarfolk was initially presented as a fake blog which purportedly releases artefacts from archive of the fictional town council, Scarfolk Council. Artefacts include public information literature, out-of-print books, record and cassette sleeves, advertisements, television programme screenshots, household products, and audio and video, many of which suggest brands and imagery recognisable from the period. Additionally, artefacts are usually accompanied by short fictional vignettes that are also presented as factual and that introduce the town's residents. The public information literature often ends with the strapline: "For more information please reread."

Always a joy to see their little faces darken on the morning of December 25th when they unwrap the Scarfolk Annual” - Ian Rankin So, as you can see, fear can save your life, ergo it is healthy. It’s so healthy that we consider profoundly terrifying a citizen to be as beneficial as a course of yoga, meditation or two weeks in a health spa. These don’t come cheap, I can tell you. This is why we also charge citizens a medical fee whenever we intimidate them to the point of terror.” Why do you think Scarfolk has become popular outside of the quaint northern English town? In this year’s annual, Rupert has many more adventures with a Skylark, a runaway kite and a windmill! Enjoy a brand-new story ‘Rupert and the Bearcycle’ originated and illustrated by Stuart Trotter plus much-loved favourite tales illustrated by John Harrold and Alfred Bestall.The aesthetics are simple because we like residents to get bad news as soon as possible. Additionally, we have to be as direct as possible because people are not very clever. Taking sentient life on earth as a whole, humans only register somewhere between sloth and balloon. Foreigners register even lower. Failure to understand one of our public information campaigns sometimes necessitates the funding of a follow-up poster campaign which explains what the previous one was about. Secondary poster campaigns may also include details of fines that have been incurred for failing to understand in the first place.” How does the council decide what issue or public concern they turn into a poster? The opposition, meanwhile, holds to the belief that the state should protect us and care for us. It should provide us with our basic needs and should oversee that no one citizen is allowed to seize power through our financial resources. It also believes that aspects of the system can defeat authoritarianism through procedural structures and the sanctity of the vote of its citizens, despite the fact that information is dispensed through a series of corporate channels that have their own financial interests at the heart of the dispensation and therefore cannot guarantee that the information is entirely correct, is not in service of someone, and, in fact, does not obstruct the basic view of the opposition that the state should protect us and care for us. Brimming with mind-boggling stories and eye-popping photographs, Ripley’s Believe It or Not! 2020 is the perfect gift for anyone who is fascinated by the stranger side of life on earth. Horrific and hilarious... a dystopic vision of an England that would have given Orwell the heebie-jeebies.' - Independent

Now you have a whole new reason to be scared. The Scarfolk Annual is essential reading” - Fortean Times Mark Sinclair (27 March 2013). "Creative Review – Have you been to Scarfolk?". Creative Review. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015 . Retrieved 14 October 2014. I arrived at Scarfolk three days ago. What was originally planned to be a telephone interview was abruptly rescheduled to a short trip when Scarfolk’s mayor insisted I see the place for myself. My first impression was positive; friendly people, beautiful parks and what looked like promising restaurants. It was only halfway through the second day that a number of curious occurrences caught my attention; “Visit Scarfolk today. Our number one priority is keeping rabies at bay” was plastered across walls and billboards all over town while the local newspaper read “10-year old child abducts adults and feeds them to pet tortoise, Mr Twinkles.” This annual features the brand’s delightful characters, engaging storylines, bright colours and abundant humour to help children learn in an interactive and engaging way. It’s clear The Scarfolk Annual was not written to entertain children at Christmastime; its purpose was to indoctrinate young minds; in fact, one might go as far as to say destroy young minds, to an end that has been lost to us.

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Not just a satirical look at the present via a warped nostalgic lens, but also a strangely beautiful graphic design object. Funny, creepy & an Orwellesque triumph of graphic design’ Anne Billson Apart from the archive of Scarfolk materials which was sent anonymously to the late Dr Ben Motte and formed the basis of the book Discovering Scarfolk , this children’s annual is, to date, the only complete artefact from Scarfolk ever to be unearthed ‘in the wild’. In his review of The Advisory Circle 's From Out Here ( 2014), musician DJ Food remarked both From Out Here and Discovering Scarfolk define "a good portion of the visual stimulus associated with the hauntological genre." [23] Scarfolk Annual [ edit ] Scarfolk Annual Country Just like our rubbish and dead were piled up in the streets four decades ago, Viz – The Trumpeter’s Lips will be piled up in shops and internet retailers this Christmas, guaranteeing a “Winter of This Content” (as specified above) for everyone.

Always a joy to see their little faces darken on the morning of December 25th when they unwrap the Scarfolk Annual’ Ian Rankin We become very concerned if citizens start to feel secure and content in any area of their lives. We like to ensure that we have drawn their attention to all potential, unanticipated dangers in every corner of society, no matter how seemingly benign at first. We have successfully warned our citizens about the hazards of sentient ventriloquist dolls, imposter parents, the dangers of dithering, and the risks involved in setting up bouncy castles beside electrical substations and pylon, to name but a few.” Landmines is a striking example of a Scarfolk board game. Why did the council think it was important to produce it? a b "Gaffe as civil service magazine prints poster telling parents to shoot rabid children". Sky News . Retrieved 19 June 2022.A book called Discovering Scarfolk, which tells the story of a family trapped in the town, was published in October 2014 by Ebury Press. [18] [19] It is a guide to all aspects of Scarfolk and covers the "frenzied archive of Daniel Bush, whose sons 'disappeared' in Scarfolk in 1970." [18] Littler has said that the book "attempts to guide you through the darkness by making light of the contradictions and it promises not to unnerve you. Well, not too much anyway." [3] Once the heart had been placed in its new host body, over which a medi-legal incantation had been recited, the object would become imbued with the personality of the deceased. However, there were often side effects, for example not being able to say certain words such as 'artichoke', 'help' and 'please kill me, I did not give my consent for this', to name but a few. Full of mazes, word-qames, puzzles, jokes, extracts, facts and much, much more, this annual has something for everyone. Find out how to avoid bedtime, fool your family, and tame your parents. Just make sure there aren’t any sneaky peeking little siblings around… But it’s all swings and roundabouts, because 1979 also saw the first issue of Viz Comic going on sale. And now, with a rousing brass fanfare to celebrate its 40th year as the country’s most flatulent magazine, Viz is puffing out its cheeks to release its latest annual – The Trumpeter’s Lips. The government strongly promoted the ‘Buy British’ message in the 1970s. It was so keen to prove the scientific superiority of British products that large-scale experiments were commissioned.

The Scarfolk Annual is the facsimile of a book discovered in a charity shop in the north west of England in August 2018. The shop, and indeed town, do not wish to be identified as they are keen to “discourage the ‘occult-totalitarian tourism’ that as afflicted other areas of Britain” as people hunt for further socio-archaeological traces of the mysterious, missing town of Scarfolk – Britain’s own Brutalist Atlantis. Funny, bitter, weird and chilling in equal measure, and never less than witty and wonderful’ Warren Ellis

‘A brilliant work of satire’ The Quietus

The publication of the latest edition of the annual is always a major event in the soccer calendar. Included are: results and review from the 2019 European Nation League finals in Portugal, results from the 2018-2019 season (including domestic and European cup competitions and international matches involving British teams); full fixture lists for the 2019-2020 season; all major European and world football awards; a day-by-day diary highlighting the season’s biggest stories; players and their appearances for each and every league club. Stuart Barnes is in his 20th year as compiler and editor. a b c Simon Usborne (17 April 2013). "How to wash a child's brain: Designer Richard Littler creates fictional world based on terrifying public service films – Features – Films – The Independent". The Independent . Retrieved 14 October 2014.