Greta
George Orwell said, “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – for ever.” Greta Thunberg and her near constant presence in the news often feels like being repeatedly stamped in the face. She’s so devoid of humour that if she went on a TV panel show it would like watching Richard Hammond drive Lady Diana. Her steely gaze and silent judgment have recently been emblazoned across buildings in San Francisco and Bristol, to remind us if we choose to disobey her will, we’ll all be dead. They project into my mind a future where schoolchildren are incinerated for littering by her laser vision. Presumably, money for the murals was raised by ‘uncooperative crusties’ wearing abrasive hemp-based garments and dreadlocks. Typically left-leaning people who genuinely believe that a large painting can make any meaningful contribution to tackling the climate crisis. Notably, the San Francisco project was drawn by Enrique Iglesias’ relative, Andres Iglesias...