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The smug self-satisfaction of the Met Gala

15 September 2021

12:29 PM

15 September 2021

12:29 PM

Oscar Wilde said, of the death of Little Nell in The Old Curiosity Shop, that ‘you would have to have a heart of stone to read…without laughing.’ It was hard not to feel the same way today, as pictures of last night’s Met Gala were released to a curious international public.

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