SIDELINES…

BEAVERS AGAIN

Tipped off by finding orange tape used to secure cables on top of a beaver dam, technicians seeking the cause of disruption to the TV and Internet service in the remote Canadian town of Tumbler Ridge found that the rodents had dug down more than a metre to where the cables were buried and had chewed through them in several places. Predictably, a spokesperson for Telus, the Internet provider, described the incident as “a very Canadian turn of events.” <i>, 29 Apr 2021.

IT’S ART

Danish artist Jens Haaning was loaned £62,500 by the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg to recreate two early works featuring cash in picture frames. When they opened the crate, though, they found two empty frames. An email from the artist said that he thought it was more interesting to do a new work called and Run. The museum