Luan scoops Gary

Great minds think alike. Two days before Wanted tumbled out of my Business Day on dismayingly economical newsprint, Luan Nel opened his Twitter exhibition at Everard Read. Here are some studio images – see if you can pick the Wanted cover which this issue is devoted to birds. That print quality is much reduced adds weight to the rumour that editor Gary Cotterell will soon relinquish his editorial La-Z-Boy recliner.

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Or has he already, as he’s become a fixture at the Twankey Bar, the louche but lovely oyster aquarium at the Taj where Wanted has a retail outlet. Just like Monocle magazine from Tÿlèr Brûlé, Gazza’s inspiration.