‘it is a good plan…to have one side with striped jerseys of one colour say red; and the other with another say blue. This prevents confusion and wild attempts to wrest the ball from your neighbour.’
At first it was an urban museum, not so much a museum as a place to poke your eyes out.

By Chris Taylor
I recently employed a girl who was a fine art student. I did this largely so when I asked what she did, and she replied “I’m a fine art student.” I could reply “Yeah. You are.” Unfortunately I never got the chance to drop this sizzling Wildean witticism in to conversation, which in retrospect was probably for the best. Instead we had very long, very involved, and massively one-sided conversations about art, culture, and the role the two play in shaping the minds of the populace.

It was 15 years ago this week that Eric pointed the way forward to those who find themselves in the unwanted company of backwards, racist imbeciles. Here’s a 1995 write-up from The Idler…