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Simone Clarke’s recent ‘outing’ as a member of the far right political party the BNP (British National Party) is nothing short of a public relation disaster for her employers, the English National Ballet, Arts Council England and the company’s sponsors. The inevitable calls for Ms Clark to be sacked were predictable and perhaps understandable considering […]
As we roll up to Christmas and all that goes with it the ‘arts team’ at The Guardian, completely stumped for anything approaching an original idea to write about, came up with asking ‘artists’ about their ‘perfect christmas tree’. I swear I’m not making this up! The resulting image gallery makes you glad you’re not […]
Apparently we are all now ‘Times Person of the Year’ the annual accolade usually dispensed to one influential individual for good reasons and bad has come to the masses and it’s about time too! (no pun intended). This year Time magazine decided that thanks to the massive influence of the internet we, that means you […]
Opera star Roberto Alagna took to the stage for a performance of ‘Aida’ at the La Scala Opera House in Milan, Italy this past Sunday and promptly walked right off again after he was booed by the audience during the show. The comic turn of events continued when his understudy, Antonello Palombi, came on stage […]
Without doubt YouTube, the online video site, is swamped with footage that is an absolute waste of storage space. But if you look very hard you can find some excellent examples of the good folks in this cynical world spreading the joy. One man in Sydney, Australia is spreading the love by spending one day […]
OK, not really but the man who famously blew a gasket when Ballet Frankfurt were sponsored front of house by Cartier is now putting his face to Rolex watches (not literally though). The high brow ads, running in newspapers and posh magazines, describe Wild Bill as the ‘Darwin of Dance’, which presumably means he spent […]
When it comes to ‘sticking it to the man’ spreading graffiti all over the shop is usually one way to get yourself into a whole lot of trouble for very little in the way of a return. The Graffiti Research Lab – yes you read that correctly – have come up with a rather innovative, […]
So it begins! The estimated costs of putting on the London Olympics in 2012 have already started to get completely out of control. An announcement yesterday informed us all that the estimated cost of £2.4billion GBP ($4.5billion USD) to construct the Olympic Village – not stage the games themselves – will have to increase by […]
A trip to Ireland this past weekend to film Dance Theatre of Ireland for an up and coming video feature was soured somewhat by the inevitable witless cretins whom, despite all claims to the contrary, make flying the most irritable method of transport in all of Christendom. I am of course referring to the ‘security’ […]
It is the signature song of the arts that self abusing – former or otherwise – screw-ups are looked upon with pitty, admiration and pride by a largely sycophantic, incestuous group of artists, media types and patrons who can barely bring themselves to question just exactly what it is that they are supporting. Michael Clark […]