Joseph Gatt Partially buried cannons, recyled as fencing posts, enclosing part of Palace Square; the 'nofs għonnella' (which contrasts strongly with the earlier full 'għonnella'); a poor barefoot boy; a pair of sentries next to the Palace entrace, standing guard at the very same spot that today's soldiers also guard; a chaplain's cassock and distinctive black 'tricorno' hat — Charles Frederick de Brocktorff’s 1822 watercolour is bursting with lavish, historical details.
This is one of the most iconic album covers of all time: Abbey Road, by The Beatles, released on 26 September 1969, by Apple Records. The cover has at least three odd ones out, can you find them?
In July of 2023, The Rolling Stones magazine voted this album cover as the second best of all time, bested only by Joy Division's 'Unknown Pleasures' of 1979; whilst in August 2023, Billboard also voted this album cover as the second best of all time, bested only by 'The Velvet Underground & Nico' of 1967.
So what are the three odd ones out? Firstly, Paul McCartney is walking barefoot, whilst the other band members have shoes. Secondly, Paul McCartney is walking out of step, with his right leg forward, whilst all the other three band members have their left leg forward. And thirdly, all the band members are wearing suits designed by Tommy Nutter, except for George Harrison, who in contrast is dressed casually in denim.
Joseph Gatt "Indirect confirmation of d’Amaral’s questionable guilt may have come to light in 1856 when ..." In 1856?!? A typo for sure.
