The Boorman Kids

The other thing about Excalibur is the Uther-Igrayne shagging scene at the beginning. What with the grinding and tit-sucking and all, as a kid it used to turn me on and freak me out in equal measure. (Dude, this is King Arthur. But I shouldn't be watching this! Etc.) Uther, it just so happens, was played by the aforementioned Gabriel Byrne. But it's only when one bears in mind that the Igrayne in question was actually Boorman's daughter that the real freakiness of the scene starts to emerge.

And just to, er, top that, here's beautiful Charley Boorman (who appears in Excalibur in his undies, being oiled up by Helen Mirren) in The Emerald Forest.

It's a fairly recognisable syndrome - doting dad decides that his kid (female or male) is the most gorgeous thing in the world and gets her or him a plum part in some little remembered movie (or, in the case of Excalibur, in a well remembered one). Danny the Champion of the World, for example, is actually a sweet enough film, but it's still little more than an Irons family home movie.

Boorman's home movies would presumably have been along the lines of not just Hope and Glory (which really is glorious) but also I Dreamt I Woke Up (which is weird and interesting, but not quite so interesting as I wanted it to be). Taken together though, Excalibur and The Emerald Forest make Robby seem positively normal.

The Three Races

Behold, my child, the Nordic man,
And be as like him, as you can;
His legs are long, his mind is slow,
His hair is lank and made of tow.

And here we have the Alpine Race:
Oh! What a broad and foolish face!
His skin is of a dirty yellow.
He is a most unpleasant fellow.

The most degraded of them all
Mediterranean we call.
His hair is crisp, and even curls,
And he is saucy with the girls.

[Hilaire Belloc]

Family

Little Princes

Marius og Prins Sverre Magnus. Handoutbilde fra Det Kongelige Hoff. Bildet er kun til redaksjonell bruk - ikke for salg. Bildestørrelse: 640x426 px, 179,89 Kb (Foto: Veronica Melå, Det kongelige hoff)

[The Norwegian Monarchy]

Don't ask me!

This was on Sky News's website on a link to a photo-article about the Copenhagen lying competition.

Perhaps all those rumours from ten years ago about the international elite being a bunch of paedos had something more to them after all.

Controversial? Moi?



Genevieve Morton

 

[Sports Illustrated]

This, from John Coulthart, is very sweet.

targphoto, 'A P O L L O'
(Outfit designed by the artist, made by Petr Kalouda)

The model is of course David Čiháček, and his membrum virile is in fact very beautiful, so it's a pity I couldn't find an uncensored version of this.

Sasha Olsen, Petr Pak, for Yummy Magazine

Serge Henir

Vikings hauling ass

Alfred Bernert, Helmut mit dem Speer (1933)

Alexander Ludwig

Carson Lueders

Looking hot and cool at the same time!