¶ Manchester footballer Ryan Giggs’s “superinjunction” problem looks, from our Olympian perch, like a made-to-order generational culture clash. Is the doddering British judiciary going ga-ga over reputations? Or does an infantile Twitter need an intervention? What made us laugh was the technico-legalooneyness that allowed the British press to circumvent the inunction and mention Mr Giggs’s alleged affair with a Big Brother contestant (a lady!) once the matter was bruited in House of Commons discussion. We were reminded, in any case, that it has been months and months and months since we last checked our Twitter account. But nothing ever happens on Olympus; that’s the point. ¶ Jean-Claude Trichet storms out of a meeting rather than discuss the restructuring of the the European Central Bank’s Greek bond holdings, and Landon Thomas concludes his account of the mess by quoting Edward Hugh, the genius behind A Fistful of Dollars. Meanwhile, the Spaniards and the Italians are inveighing against the prospect of Greek backsliding. Too bad about that Rapture thing on Saturday.

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 24th, 2011 at 10:30 am.