Imagine my shock when I arrived in England bursting with all that knowledge gleaned from the books I had read and from a few well-behaved British tourists I had met in my town, only to be confronted by the screamingheadlines of the tabloids and pictures of scantily-clad models baring most of their assets.
Adding to the frantic nature of the piece is all the modern toys thrown at it projected images, archive footage, TV sets, smoke machines, desks whizzing by, even a live camera broadcasting a TV interview. (In one, the TV cameras block the view of the screaming newspaper headlines projected onto the back wall).
But even while both screaming protestors and local headlines have been implying that the billionaire Thai Prime Minister was heading for a downfall, some may well have spoken too soon.