The Culture Desk

Culture

Arts, media, and the discourse about the discourse.

Plate: Death and the Critic

Culture

Hull Lad Still Not Over the Inflation Figures

Dean Frobisher, 28, of Hull, has been in visible grievance since inflation fell to 2.1 per cent on 17 September, a figure he regards as a personal slight. He has written fourteen letters to the Bank of England. None has been answered. One has been leafleted.

Culture

Bouncer’s Hot Tub Trick Breaks the Internet

a 19-year-old bouncer rotates in a hot tub with a traffic cone on his head, says nothing, and becomes a six-figure cultural icon. i watched it barefoot and the water was not clean.