One thing is sure: the Sagrada Familia is the first Catholic temple whose bacon was ever saved by Shinto tourism. Not even Gaudi, who believed in miracles, could have forseen that.

We've got a recipe for disaster. It's huge -- this combination of body image issues and the drug's weight loss appeal.

But the existence of a cult does not mean that images appropriate to it automatically follow.

Works of art... do not force meanings on their audience; meaning emerges, adds up, unfolds from their imagined centres... takes one through the process of discovering meaning.

On Platini's presidential watch... he has to balance all the leagues, all the dreams and needs of hundreds of clubs across his continent.

Why wait for a call when you have a command?

The desire to be primitive was very much a function of fin-de-siècle imperialism; it appealed to strong egos and domineering minds.