The boat that became a nightclub

Buying an East German fishing boat may sound crazy. But not half as crazy as what sound artist Urs Blaser did with it …Rarely has British culture been so desperately in need of an 80-metre herring-storage boat. Following the Jubilee flotilla and with the prospect of HMS Ocean being moored at Greenwich during the Olympics to ward off terrorists, the battle over what fills our public space is being fought on the Thames. Given the bunting, rooftop missiles and the sight of Gary Barlow everywher...

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