James Arnold

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Getty Images, London. Walking up and down hills in Hampshire. Photography, books and peering into the abyss.

Michael Caine
Last of the Summer Wine with tea and biscuits
The Queen Mother enjoying a refreshing pint.
Uncle Monty, Withnail and I
One laughed more helplessly with him than with anyone else I know, but so much of his humour - immediate and throwaway and born out of disaster and humiliation – is hard to recapture. The worst meal I ever had in my life was with him, and, ironically, in France. After the soup he pushed his plate back. 'Well, that soup might be a big event in a day in the life of Ivan Denisovitch but it didn't do much for me.' International figures had a habit of intruding on the domestic scene. 'I think', he'd say, popping in another violet cream, 'the only person who must be more depressed than I am at this moment is Benazir Bhutto.' IT
Photo showing the 14th century stone vault ceiling of Exeter Cathedral.
A hot air balloon floating by in the evening sky.
A duck with it's ducklings swimming on a river by a bridge
Eddie said he was exhausted by the unremitting nursing duties, all the non-stop mollycoddling ('She was drinking and taking pills and passing out. She was constantly passing out') and for his sanity would have to leave in the morning. Taylor said, 'You're leaving in the morning? I'm leaving right now,' and swallowed a handful of Seconal. Eddie felt he couldn't do right for doing wrong: 'I was the one who had tried to stop her from killing herself, and that had made her so angry she had tried to kill herself.' He decided to go into hospital to have his appendix taken out – for no reason except being in hospital gave him reprieve from Taylor for a few days. The ruse only irritated her. She didn't like having to get up in the morning to pay Eddie a visit.
Grey tabby cat taking an enormous yawn.
Black and white photo of a man standing next to a model of a mushroom cloud.
Black and white photo of a woman placing a wig on the wax figure of Ringo Starr of The Beatles. Wax figures of George Harrison, John Lennon and Paul McCartney are next to them.
A photo of Pope Francis stuck to the window of a Skoda Roomster.
Black and white photo of a man wearing a striped cardigan with what looks like a tea towel draped over his head.
Black and white photo of Ringo Starr and John Lennon of The Beatles standing in the doorways of two adjoining houses.
A sheep staring out from a field with five baby lambs lying in the grass.
A moustachioed Peter Sellers poses with Beatles drummer Ringo Starr.
Black and white photo of English comedian Eric Morecambe (1926 - 1984) riding a tricycle while fellow English comedian Ernie Wise (1925 - 1999) pushes him.
Black and white photo of teenagers running up a hill with an industrial landscape in the background.
Feet up while reading a book in the sunlight that passes through a window and clouds roll by.
Black and white photo of Michael Caine throwing a punch, taken August 1965.
Swiss Tony
Black and white photo of Johnny Rotten (John Lydon) of the Sex Pistols with his manager Malcolm McLaren walking passed an unimpressed women on a London street.
Black and white photo of Carole Hersee, the daughter of test card designer George Hersee, posing for a new version of Test Card F at the Thames studios in Teddington.
Black and white photo of the queen sat on a tube train amongst passengers on the London underground.
Sleepy grey tabby cat napping in the sunshine.
Black and white photo of waxwork models of The Beatles. Left to right George, Ringo, John and Paul, on display at Tussaud Waxworks
Black and white photo, Rod Stewart holds a bottle of wine wearing matching satin pants and vest, with a satin shirt and polka-dot scarf. David Bowie is wearing a suit with a fedora hat and aviator sunglasses.
Grey tabby cat hiding behind a mirror
Black and white photograph of a huge rally with rows of spectators. The stage has a backdrop featuring a large portrait of George Washington flanked by Swastikas and American flags.
Evening view from The Shard across the River Thames to St Paul's and across London.
The Patrick Melrose novels by Edward St Aubyn: Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, Mother’s Milk and At Last.
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher posing with an oversized valentine card bearing her name, at the 21st National Conference of Young Conservatives, Eastbourne, 1981.
A black and white photo with a policeman looking on as rescue worker holds a cat amidst the ruins of a bombed street in London during WWII.
John Lennon singing leans into the microphone while playing the piano, in the background Yoko Ono sits wearing a blindfold.
Black and white photo of a row of spectators sitting huddled under umbrellas sheltering from the rain.
Black and white photo of Bruce Forsyth having his head measured.