3368772386_e408f47eaeIn the week when Damien Hirst made $198 million selling pickled animals, famed art critic Robert Hughes all but crucified Hirst and his "dull witted" patrons in an outspoken attack published in The Guardian.
On Litopia After Dark we discuss whether Hirst is a pioneer - or a pirate, as Hughes maintains. Also, British children's authors who visit schools and libraries more than once a month will need to register with the Independent Safeguarding Authority as of October 2009. Is this opening the door to a world where the State decides whose ideas are acceptable - and whose aren’t?
British author Sam Jordison writes a piece in The Independent taking a sardonic view of all those books – and in particular, all those interminable Channel Four programs – that are comprised entirely of lists. Bucket lists, Jordison calls them. The panel add their own ideas to his anti-list of things not to do before you die - and improve it immeasurably. We also play Pitch the Nasty Agent and Toad Suck, Arkansas, Reverse Shuffle Six Card Strip Pokerette (another win for the panel!) and in our Cry For Help this week, a certain DH from North Devon can’t help but be impressed at our problem solving skills.
