The Case Of The Cursed TV Of Bhutan

“Nearby our camp was a cave high up in the mountainside – if one squinted one could see the malevolent glint of a TV screen in the cave mouth. This is the infamous Cursed TV of Paro – a family bought it when television was first introduced to Bhutan in 1999, but within months of the purchase half the family members had died. They sold it to another family … “

You Think Punk Is Authentic And Real? F*** That

“Punk is, after all, more than 40 years old. The half-shaved, dyed-black hairdo; mesh tank top; and leather wristbands of the heroin-chic character St. Jimmy is already a historical costume. … The function of theater is to exaggerate life. … Nothing is real in the theater; there is only commentary. And fabulous outfits. Funnily, this is also the function of punk. Including the outfits.”

Former Evening Standard Editor (Finally) Gets London Arts Chief Job

“[London mayor] Boris Johnson has announced that Veronica Wadley is to be the next London chair at Arts Council England. The appointment … [ends] one of the most hotly contested arts administration tussles in recent times.” Johnson tried to name Wadley to the post two years ago, but the appointment was vetoed by the national Labour government then in power.