Animals, Their People, and the Glorious Absurdity of Being Human: What Britain’s Country Shows Reveal About Us All
CULTURE & SOCIETY | OPINION | HUMOR Somewhere between a sheep getting kissed, a cow meeting its human lookalike, and a horse wearing sunglasses, I began to wonder whether animals are the only creatures on Earth who truly understand how ridiculous we are. Inspired by Irina Werning’s photographic series, published in The Guardian, October 11, 2026 . The Guardian There are moments when I look at humanity and wonder whether we really deserve our position at the top of the evolutionary food chain. We have developed artificial intelligence, mapped the human genome, sent machines to Mars, and created technology capable of connecting billions of people instantaneously. And what do we do with these extraordinary accomplishments? We dress our dogs in matching shoes, put sunglasses on horses, and enter competitions to determine which sheep has the most magnificent backside. I suppose civilization was always going to peak somewhere. I recently came across a wonderful photographic collection by...
