New York Strip Clubs: Philip Hensher: Silence can be golden in our critical world
The unleashing of audience power on the internet has had beneficial effects. No one would book a hotel now without looking at the comments on tripadvisor.com; as a price-comparison mechanism, it is unprecedentedly effective. In the realms of artistic endeavour, however, I wonder how far it can go. Can an audience that believes in its right to intervene noisily, both online and in the Wigmore Hall, be said to be an audience at all?
Don’t blame Philip for his latest gaffe
The dear old Duke of Edinburgh, in Exeter last week, met a sea cadet who said she worked in a club. Quick as a flash, the Duke asked if it were a strip club, before observing that it was probably too cold for that and moving on to the next awestruck punter.
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