Scarfolk is a town in North West England that did not progress beyond 1979. Instead, the entire decade of the 1970s loops ad infinitum. Here in Scarfolk, pagan rituals blend seamlessly with science; hauntology is a compulsory subject at school, and everyone must be in bed by 8pm because they are perpetually running a slight fever. "Visit Scarfolk today. Our number one priority is keeping rabies at bay." For more information please reread.
Interestingly, this very image was used in Colling's hugely influential "Medieval headlice: public health approaches through history".
ReplyDeleteIt was a typically left-wing piece as you'd expect from those times and I really didn't care for the oppressive feminisation-of-alcohol-addiction agenda but the chapter on preventative branding was ahead of its time, even by todays so-called 'modern' standards of super-bugs and keyhole sorcery.
Trevor Colling BA
Previous poster missed an apostrophe on the word "todays".
ReplyDeleteIt should read "today's".
Trevor Colling BA