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The Guardian - UK
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Monkey

Geordie Greig loves his double G

Geordie Grieg
Geordie Grieg. Photograph: Sarah Lee

Does Geordie Greig's new-look London Evening Standard have an obsession with Gilbert and George? Monkey only asks because today's issue features a competition to win signed limited edition reproductions by the artists, ahead of an interview with the pair tomorrow. They also featured on the front page of the relaunch issue in May, which promised a look at their latest "Controversial artwork". And, in what is surely no coincidence, Greig is prominently displaying two signed posters from their expletive-laden "Dirty Words Pictures" show in his office at the Standard. Wouldn't have happened under Veronica, oh no.

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