Yearly Archives: 2005

Forgive me please, as I am not a parent. I never have been a parent. However, I have, at forty-five, two newly adopted sons. Well, I should say two sons to help by assisting with schooling, donating time and being generally available. I am sadly the only male role figure in these young lives to offer any kind of love. These children are destitute, unwanted and unloved, desperate for attention and needing love. My family grows daily, as does the


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Jemima Rellie, Head of Digital Programmes at Tate, tells us about the Turner Prize and how, if you can’t visit the exhibition at Tate Britain, you can still share your thoughts on Europe’s leading contemporary art prize on Tate’s website, which is sponsored by BT.

Tate Online: The Turner Prize

2005’s was the twenty-first Turner Prize. The annual award was established by the Patrons of New


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Pic of the Week – 19 December 2005

Gillian Carnegie Red 2004 Oil on board 22.8 x 33 cm Cranford Collection, London

Image appears courtesy of Tate Online © 2005

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This painting was one of the entries for the 2005 Turner Prize. You can read more about Gillian Carnegie’s entry, the other entries and the Turner Prize itself in our Arts & Music section: Tate Online – Turner Prize

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"'Chestnuts roasting on an open fire'...it's not!! In fact anyone caught doing anything with an open fire between the months of December and April is likely to incur a huge fine in Australia, as it's 'bushfire season'! The Country Fire Service personnel would not be best pleased to be summoned from their Christmas Day lunches for a bush fire that's now spread over 15 hectares or more!" Mojan in South Australia gives another view of the Aussie Christmas.
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"Kay had been to Butlin's several times as a kid and had memories of the classic holiday camp experience - mass-produced holidays churned out by the hundred thousand, from the wake-up tannoy call in the morning right down to the meals organised by sittings, and days and nights packed solid with fun-filled activities. I'd never been myself and was curious to see what the modern Butlin's experience would be like." After 40 years of holiday camp-free existence, Dave finds out...
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