French say coronation quiche is nothing but a ‘savoury tart’

The French region that is the home of the quiche has been “taken aback” by the plan for Brits to eat a quiche to mark the coronation. The people of Lorraine worry that Buckingham Palace is “under a misapprehension”, said The Times, because “purists say that what is intended as the plat de résistance of the Big Lunch parties is not really a quiche at all”. Évelyne Muller-Dervaux, the grand master of the Brotherhood of the Quiche Lorraine, said: “I think I would call it a savoury tart.”

Student eats banana artwork

A student ate artwork of a banana duct-taped to a museum wall because he was hungry, reported CNN. The art student from Seoul National University removed the fruit from off a wall at the Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea where it was displayed and consumed it. “The student told the museum he ate it because he was hungry,” a museum spokesperson told the outlet. The work, by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, is entitled “Comedian”.

Piano removed from Japanese train station

Authorities in the Japanese city of Kakogawa have removed a street piano, saying people were playing for longer than the 10-minute limit or too loudly. The instrument was put in the main railway station concourse six months ago to entertain travellers, noted The Guardian. However, people were “singing loudly” or had played “at great volume”, even during station announcements, said city officials. A boy said he was “very sad” to see the piano go.

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