>> "Well, it only dawned on me about six months ago that not everybody's against me all the time. It was something of a revelation" . . . Thom Yorke >> "We'll get the child star curse.

I'll get to 25 . . . boom! Everyone always sells more when they shoot themselves" . . . Jamie Cook, Arctic Monkeys (left) The judges scuppering the bookies. But perhaps the real shock will be in unpredictable predictability if Arctic Monkeys walk away with it for 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not'.

Paddy Power has the Sheffield boys at evens to win, but we fancy Guillemots. Or Lou Rhodes. Or Editors, actually . . . no, Scritti Politti. Um, Richard Hawley maybe?

Actually, definitely Muse, well, either them or Isabel Campbell, unless Hot Chip nick it, or Sway. Then again there's always Thom Yorke (right). . .

Damn, who knows?

When art attacks The 4 Dame Lane venue in Dublin will be transformed from bar and club to art space on Thursday for the launch of the 'War . . . What Is It Good For' exhibition. Works by Andy Warhol (left), Hunter S Thompson's artistic collaborator Ralph Steadman, London graf"ti legend Banksy, Massive Attack's 3D and local artist Morgan will all feature.

>> "Evil is always devising more corrosive misery through man's restless need to exact revenge out of his hate" . . . Ralph Steadman (above) >> "If you want an audience, start a "ght" . . . Banksy The exhibition will run until 10 October and admission is free every day after 5pm. The show is one in a series from A New Space, an independent gallery project at 4 Dame Lane. A Bansky (above) retrospective will follow in October and November. See www. myspace.

com/anewspace for more details.