The Plaice to Know

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No Such Thing As A John Lennon Statue in Svalbard

2022-02-04 · 4 places on the map · episode transcript

  1. Hayward GalleryOne-offUnited Kingdom

    In 2012, the Hayward Gallery in London hosted an exhibition of drawings of art about invisibility. There was a pedestal that Andy Warhol had stood on briefly to create an anti-statue. Maurizio Cattelan produced a work…

    mentioned at 00:15:58 · See it on the map →

  2. Imperial HotelOne-offJapan

    Einstein was once at Tokyo's Imperial Hotel in 1922 and he didn't have any money to tip the bellboy, so instead he wrote him two notes. The first said: a calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of…

    mentioned at 00:17:29 · See it on the map →

  3. SpitzbergenOne-offSJ

    In Spitzbergen, which is the coldest place on earth, it's an extraordinary place. You have to have a gun when you leave the house because of bears.

    mentioned at 00:22:46 · See it on the map →

  4. Alton TowersOne-offUnited Kingdom

    A Tony Blair impersonator who started off in 1997, incredibly popular, lost all his work. He used to work with a guy called John Brolly, and he would work with Shari Blair, aka Caroline Bernstein — they went all over…

    mentioned at 00:34:39 · See it on the map →

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