Cory Doctorow (23 April 2013). "Wyndhamesque missives from Scarfolk, an English horror-town trapped in a 1969-79 loop – Boing Boing". Boing Boing . Retrieved 14 October 2014. Scarfolk is so amazing. You can easily lose an evening by falling down that rabbithole’ Wil Wheaton The Scarfolk Annual demands that you read it multiple times to decode every secret inside it.It’s so well-constructed that it will catch out those who only look at things for their face value. A brilliant work of satire’ The Quietus The Official England Soccer Annual 2020 has absolutely everything a Three Lions supporter could want to know about the national team. From in-depth player profiles and England’s other youth teams, from interviews with Dele Alli, Adam Lallana, Jermain Defoe, Kyle Walker and more, to the ultimate guide to Wembley Stadium… this annual has it all! And with amazing stats on the Three Lions, a feature on England’s Women’s teams, behind the scenes pictures from England training and, of course, an opportunity to test your knowledge with plenty of quizzes, it makes essential reading for any fan of the beautiful game. Scarfolk is a quaint town in the north west of England. At first glance it appears perfectly ordinary. Neighbours chat to each other over hedges while children play in the quiet, suburban streets. Yet this provincial place has received a lot of media attention over the past five years. Rumours have surfaced claiming that the town has not progressed since 1979’ It’s Nice That

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. 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? Here the format is taken up by Richard Littler’s excellent creation, the town of Scarfolk, originally a series of perfectly designed, keenly observed blog posts, and a previously spin-off book in the form of 2014’s Discovering Scarfolk.Beverley Turner (25 April 2013). "It's time to toughen up kids. Start terrifying them 'Scarfolk' style – The Telegraph". The Telegraph . Retrieved 14 October 2014. In addition to the annuals listed above, there’s are Broons and Commando calendars on offer, and a host of official annuals focused on just one top flight football team, including Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and more. It's satire of course, but I am sure Littler has one very close eye on the state of the united kingdom today when producing this! There’s a special thrill to be had in exploring someone else’s bookshelves, particularly when you’re young and the person in question is older than you. Those shelves can feel like they contain whole worlds, offering up a vast smorgasbord, some of which you probably shouldn’t be getting access to at all.

Meanwhile, there are people on both side of this political divide who advocate some form of punishment — typically public shaming and whatever repercussions result from that — for those who express repugnant beliefs that they haven’t actually acted on or points of view that are outdated or ideas that do not conform to a code of beliefs by certain historical bodies, often religious. Thought crimes abound in modern America. How do animals survive in baking hot deserts? Where is the best place to shelter in a blizzard? What is it like to climb the highest mountain in the world?Learn all about the hottest games coming in 2020, how they were developed and how to beat them in Scholastic’s annual gaming guide! 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?

Darran Anderson (June 2014). "The Creeping Terror of Childhood". The Honest Ulsterman . Retrieved 14 October 2014. Get ready to head off on amazing magical adventures in this LEGO Disney Princess Annual! Inside you’ll find fun activities, comics and a story. There’s a whole LEGO Disney Princess world just waiting for you to explore!As the country moved toward collapse, social unrest and inevitable casualties increased. The paranoid state began anonymously exterminating citizens who so much as hinted at insurrection. Average (and the vast numbers of below-average) people were killed in street clashes between opposing factions and there were spates of frightened suicides. The orphans were children of disgraced artists, academics and other intellectuals who disappeared during the New Truth Purges of September 1977**.

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 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. The Scarfolk Annual demands that you read it multiple times to decode every secret inside it. It’s so well-constructed that it will catch out those who only look at things for their face value. A brilliant work of satire” - The Quietus Horrific and hilarious… a dystopic vision of an England that would have given Orwell the heebie-jeebies’ IndependentAnorak (25 April 2014). "Inside Scarfolk: An Interview With The Mayor Of Dystopia UK, Richard Littler". Anorak.co.uk . Retrieved 14 October 2014. 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. 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'.