Pot and Kettle

Geert Wilders, the Dutch politician and Mozart lookalike known primarily for an “Islamophobic stance” on right about everything, has made a film. It is a film to relay his views on the influence of Islam on Dutch society and The West as a whole. This is very old news already, but a few things about [...]

The Clown of London

Dear fellow Londoners,
According to the latest opinion polls, it would seem that almost half of you currently favour Tory candidate Boris Johnson in the upcoming mayoral elections. You do realise, I hope, that if you elect Johnson, he will actually become Mayor of London? And get to take important decisions? Yes? OK, just checking.

Nocturnal encounters

Last night, I met up with fellow Gibburtian Philip for the first time in ages. As we were walking across Waterloo Bridge, we encountered a young fellow riding piggyback on another, while giving detailed advice on how to hold him more securely. Later, we were approached by a couple of hoodied teenagers who asked us [...]

The Last Man on Earth

Komar & Melamid’s Most and Least Wanted Art

The internet is an inexhaustible resource of awesomeness, ceaselessly revealing delightful nuggets of oddity to all who seek them. A series of works by Russian conceptual artists Vitaly Komar and Alex Melamid is the latest one that I have stumbled across. In the mid-90’s, they embarked on a project to determine which features people in [...]