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can we talk about Tony Blair's bookshelves?

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DrZaraCarmichael · 21/11/2024 22:26

WTF is going on here??

can we talk about Tony Blair's bookshelves?
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KnickerlessParsons · 22/11/2024 18:48

So you really think there is a 1" gap around each unit whereby you can see into a brightly lit room behind and therefore the wall of each shelving 'cabinet' is the thickness of cardboard?

Or is it more likely to be a shiny reflective metal surface perhaps 🤔

Well if you put it that way 😁

It does look like a gap though

NigelHarmansNewWife · 22/11/2024 10:37

Exactly - I have done a Google lens search but it could only tell me it was Tony Blair, not the location.

ItGhoul · 22/11/2024 09:28

It's pretty obviously not his house, though? He's wearing a suit and tie and the background looks like decor in a workspace/business lounge in a hotel or a conference centre.

AgnesX · 22/11/2024 09:20

Is it even a real bookshelf, is it just a prop or background.

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DrZaraCarmichael · 22/11/2024 09:02

In decades to come there will be endless PhDs written about the psychology of choosing your background for Zoom calls.

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pictoosh · 22/11/2024 09:01

AngelinaFibres · 22/11/2024 08:33

Oh the teapots !!!! That was a very bad episode.

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Will never forget the massacre of the teapots. Oh shit.

Think that's just a random background behind Tony Blair isn't it?

ByMerryKoala · 22/11/2024 08:59

It looks like he's in a walk in wardrobe disguised with some books on the shoe and bag storage.

Dawevi · 22/11/2024 08:58

Calliopespa · 22/11/2024 08:25

I’d put quite a lot of money on the bet that TB has loads of books - and they won’t be loads of 3 for 2 bestsellers.

It looked to me like he was either away from home or chose a background that was ( intended to be!) not distracting/ revealing ( as low on details) .

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Yes, it was a joke.

KimberleyClark · 22/11/2024 08:56

EnRouteElsewhere · 21/11/2024 22:35

😂 😂 😂

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Probably borrowed them from Peter Mandelson and never gave them back.

HappydaysArehere · 22/11/2024 08:55

Thought it was one of those backgrounds you can choose for presentations.

TheDogsMother · 22/11/2024 08:53

DrZaraCarmichael · 21/11/2024 22:44

And agree - I totally missed what he was actually saying about John Prescott because I was too busy wtf-ing about the shelves.

Me too !

SensibleSigma · 22/11/2024 08:51

It’s his forehead and hairline. The other side matches his ear and arm, I think.

The angle is odd but both sides have shapes that exactly match an element of his silhouette.

Plippleton · 22/11/2024 08:48

Sneezeless · 21/11/2024 22:52

The gap on the left looks a bit like someone naked bending over and you can see the curve of their buttocks. That might just be me though.

I can see the buttocks!! I agree with pp that it's a reflection but what of? It's definitely skin!

Victoriancat · 22/11/2024 08:43

It does look very sneaker display 😂

AngelinaFibres · 22/11/2024 08:33

OneInEight · 22/11/2024 07:59

Maybe the shelves are badly made and can't cope with much weight. Could be like that memorable "Changing Rooms " episode where the hanging shelf collapsed with disastrous consequences.

Oh the teapots !!!! That was a very bad episode.

AngelinaFibres · 22/11/2024 08:32

DrZaraCarmichael · 21/11/2024 22:35

With the gold it looks like a shop, you'd expect a pair of shoes on each shelf or something.

At first glance I would have assumed he collected model trains and these were locomotives displayed on the shelves.

Onlycoffee · 22/11/2024 08:29

DrZaraCarmichael · 22/11/2024 08:25

I am seeing vertical gold shiny, reflective strips down the edge of each shelf but those could be gaps too I suppose.

I thought they were gaps at first, which would be really bizarre but then I actually think it's reflective strips. If gaps it makes the whole thing looks so slap dash and badly made, which I can't imagine would be the case.

What have you done, I thought it was just me obsessing about it yesterday 😅

Onlycoffee · 22/11/2024 08:26

DrZaraCarmichael · 21/11/2024 22:26

WTF is going on here??

I couldn't stop thinking about this all day yesterday!

What was he going for?

Calliopespa · 22/11/2024 08:25

Dawevi · 22/11/2024 08:17

When you want a library but don't have enough books

I’d put quite a lot of money on the bet that TB has loads of books - and they won’t be loads of 3 for 2 bestsellers.

It looked to me like he was either away from home or chose a background that was ( intended to be!) not distracting/ revealing ( as low on details) .

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DrZaraCarmichael · 22/11/2024 08:25

I am seeing vertical gold shiny, reflective strips down the edge of each shelf but those could be gaps too I suppose.

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AlecTrevelyan006 · 22/11/2024 08:22

The only logical explanation I can think of is that the shelves have only recently been put up and he is going through the process of rearranging his books. The books on the shelves so far are acting as place holders while he works out what to do next.

xILikeJamx · 22/11/2024 08:21

Sneezeless · 21/11/2024 22:52

The gap on the left looks a bit like someone naked bending over and you can see the curve of their buttocks. That might just be me though.

Where are people seeing gaps???

I just assumed he was in some kind of private members club or something like that and that's the aesthetic they've gone with

Dawevi · 22/11/2024 08:17

When you want a library but don't have enough books

OneInEight · 22/11/2024 07:59

Maybe the shelves are badly made and can't cope with much weight. Could be like that memorable "Changing Rooms " episode where the hanging shelf collapsed with disastrous consequences.

cheezncrackers · 22/11/2024 07:54

He's probably not in his house. That looks like a bar to me. And while I can't stand TB and never voted for him and was glad to see the back of him, I suspect he's quite well read and his own shelves are full!