BritishExpat » 2005 http://britishexpat.com News, humour and information for Brits worldwide! Mon, 07 May 2012 13:13:06 +0000 en hourly 1 Red http://britishexpat.com/pic-of-the-week/potw-2005/gillian-carnegie-red/ http://britishexpat.com/pic-of-the-week/potw-2005/gillian-carnegie-red/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2005 08:11:05 +0000 Tate Online http://britishexpat.com/?p=5546

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

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

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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by Kay McMahon © 2004

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Kay adds:

“Chatuchak Market is a great place to go if you’re in Bangkok at the weekend. Be warned – it’s so big and so crowded that there’s no way you’ll get round it all in one day. But at least there are places you can sit down for a well-earned cold beer (if you look for


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Artificial fruit stacked high on a stall

by Kay McMahon © 2004

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Kay adds:

“Chatuchak Market is a great place to go if you’re in Bangkok at the weekend. Be warned – it’s so big and so crowded that there’s no way you’ll get round it all in one day. But at least there are places you can sit down for a well-earned cold beer (if you look for them hard enough).

“Because it’s so big, you can find virtually anything there. They’ve even got a whole area devoted to pets, although that gets very smelly in Bangkok’s heat. These mouthwatering fruit, on the other hand, look very tempting – so much so that when I showed this photo to Dave after several months, he’d forgotten they were artificial!”

Author: Kay McMahon

PG Kay has been an expat for over 20 years. She set up the British Expat website more than 10 years ago, whilst living in London and missing the expat life. These days she spends much of her time lugging computers and cameras around the world. (Dave gets to deal with all the really heavy stuff.)

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A Thanksgiving display (scarecrow, flowers and a pumpkin) outside a church in Springfield, Georgia, USA

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by Kay McMahon © 2005

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Kay adds:

“After spending months away from our home in Thailand, it was a relief to come back to the familiar sights, sounds and smells earlier this month. The Sanctuary of Truth is our neighbour, of course, and we’d half-forgotten just what an impressive sight it is.”

Author: Kay McMahon

Kay has been an expat for over 20 years.


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Four-faced wooden sculpture of Brahma on a building

by Kay McMahon © 2005

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Kay adds:

“After spending months away from our home in Thailand, it was a relief to come back to the familiar sights, sounds and smells earlier this month. The Sanctuary of Truth is our neighbour, of course, and we’d half-forgotten just what an impressive sight it is.”

Author: Kay McMahon

PG Kay has been an expat for over 20 years. She set up the British Expat website more than 10 years ago, whilst living in London and missing the expat life. These days she spends much of her time lugging computers and cameras around the world. (Dave gets to deal with all the really heavy stuff.)

]]> http://britishexpat.com/pic-of-the-week/potw-2005/four-faced-brahma/feed/ 0 J M W Turner: Self-portait http://britishexpat.com/pic-of-the-week/potw-2005/turner-self-portait/ http://britishexpat.com/pic-of-the-week/potw-2005/turner-self-portait/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2005 07:44:02 +0000 Tate Online http://britishexpat.com/?p=5530

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You can read more about this enduringly popular artist in our Arts and Music section: Tate Online: Turner


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Self-portrait of the artist J M W Turner (1775-1851)

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You can read more about this enduringly popular artist in our Arts and Music section:
Tate Online: Turner

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