<p>Stephen Hawking got to the Pearly Gates only to discover that entry control had been outsourced to a Thai company.</p> <p>The entrance to heaven had been transformed into an excessively curlicued arched gate as rococo as any you’ll find in a gated community in a Bangkok suburb, connected on either side to a nondescript wall adorned with razor wire, broken bottles and hastily scrubbed out graffiti of a black leopard’s head.</p>