It's been a big week in art with Jim Pavlidis
The fall of an empire is rarely pretty.
Roman Emperor Caligula was known to have had conversations with the moon, so the popular myth that he appointed his favourite horse to the Senate isn’t so outlandish.
Scholars have determined the Romans’ demise was in part due to poisoning from lead water pipes, meaning the people slowly went mad.
What’s our excuse for the insanity of casual racism?
Within 48 hours from the end of one-time empire of toxic yobbo pride, The Footy Show, Channel 7 commentator Brian Taylor happily assumed the role of top yob following Orazio Fantasia’s request that his name be pronounced correctly.
"In Italy, it's pronounced 'Fanta-sia'. Guess where we live? Australia. And we say it as 'Fan-tay-sha'," Taylor said.
"I'm with you," said fellow dinosaur and radio colleague Billy "You don’t touch a man’s wallet, you don’t touch his wife" Brownless, laughing.
This isn’t Ostrayia, its multi-cultural Australia, and BT’s response was BS.