"Newport Nude" Back On Display After 60 Years

A 1947 painting by Sir Gerald Kelly has gone back on display in Wales. Originally the controversy centered around the model's scandalous nudity, but today people seem more offended by the cigarette in her hand.

Office worker Elizabeth Ayres, 38, of Newport, said: 'She's a bit of a Fag Ash Lil but I can't imagine why the painting would be banned.

'Maybe it's because of the way she is staring - women in those days weren't allowed to be that brassy.'

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The Sunday Newds 11/11/07

• Australians voted Kevin Rudd as the politician they would most like to see in the nude. [news.com.au]
• A new photography book called "Women Seeing Women" explores how females see themselves, and whether or not women photographers see the female nude differently than men. [telegraph.co.uk]
• A man at a concert was "tased in the ass for a prolonged period of time" because when he was told by security to put on his shirt, he began taking off his pants instead. [blogs.riverfronttimes.com]
• A woman in the UK who posed nude for a fundraising rugby calendar described the shoot as follows: ‘It was weird not knowing where to look, but after a few hours noone fluttered an eyelid!" [wessexscene.co.uk]
• The Cheeky Chappies nude charity calendar features 12 working class men from Wales. [eveningleader.co.uk]
• A California firefighter was suspended for a week for being photographed walking into the fire station wearing only a hat and a tie. [pressconnects.com]

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