“I wear suits now basically because it’s easier if you are doing a television programme to wear the same thing all the time. You don’t want to go in way over the programme. It’s another way to get people to forget about me and concentrate on the person I am talking to.” – Melvyn Bragg, … Continue reading "Saving Jesus: An Interview with Broadcasting Legend Melvyn Bragg, 1984" The post Saving Jesus: An Interview with Broadcasting Legend Melvyn Bragg, 1984 appeared first on Flashbak.

“The photo always holds two layers, the concrete and the emotional. You must involve your own experience and perception when decoding the photo, and only then does it disseminate its full message” – photographer Krass Clement     In 1991 Danish photographer Krass Clement took three tips to Dublin, Ireland. There’s a feeling of perpetual … Continue reading "Dublin in 1991: Photographing The Feeling Of A City On The Edge" The post Dublin in 1991: Photographing The Feeling Of A City On The Edge appeared first on Flashbak.

This small print series is called ‘Verschillende Bedrijven uit het Menselijke Leven Door Apen Voorgesteld’ (Various episodes of human life performed by monkeys) from designs by the Flemish printer Quirin Boel (or Coryn Bol; 25 January 1620 – 1668) and compatriot painter David Teniers, aka Teniers The Younger, aka David Teniers II (15 December … Continue reading "Various Episodes of Human Life Performed by Monkeys, 1635" The post Various Episodes of Human Life Performed by Monkeys, 1635 appeared first on Flashbak.

Have you been? Do you need to go? We’ve seen Janet Leigh on the toilet in the Psycho bathroom, men of all ages on the pot and admired the bog at New York’s CBGB club and the dawning of the 1980s bathroom. In this gallery, photograph collector Robert E. Jackson share vintage snapshots of … Continue reading "Let’s Hear It For The Toilet Paper: 25 Vintage Snapshots of People And Toilets" The post Let’s Hear It For The Toilet Paper: 25 Vintage Snapshots of People And Toilets appeared first on Flashbak.