My house in Ramsgate is about three miles from Margate, and I see no way to remedy that. But this weekend sees, as every national newspaper has reported, the opening of the Turner Contemporary, which is magically going to reverse a century of decline and two decades of dumping of difficult social services and asylum cases from may score miles away, with no help or social provision.
Anyway, all the newspapers also say there will be a weekend of festival. I am not so mean as to ignore a celebration on my doorstep, so I am trying to find out what is happening. I may be stupid, but I don’t find that the Turner’s website actually helps much in telling me where to be when. And doubtless the wine and hors d’oeuvres are reserved for important people from London. I suspect this may be a fair portent of the coming relationship between the Turner Contemporary and those of us who actually live around here.
Bit of a wasteland, is it?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/nov/09/ts-el…
I'm sure Tracey Emin will be invited to say a few words about how many tourists will make the trip to beautifull Margate and how successfull it will be. Not unlike some other atr establishments sprinkled thinly, this will go down the alley to obscurity.
It will make a brilliant club in a few years time when its on the market, still toying with the idea?
Ingo..when Craig gets something in his head he gets round to it eventually ..
yes Frazer I hear ya, wasn't the head I was concerned about 🙂
I thought you were joking Ingo. http://www.turnercontemporary.org/news/tracey-emi…
I always enjoy reading David Lee's Jackdaw. I can't find anything on Margate but he does have lots to say about the Arts Couincil whose supernumeraries will probably be there in droves. http://www.thejackdaw.co.uk/artscouncil.html
Perhaps Biar and Cherie will be coming down. They like galleries! http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/sep/08/to…
I was joking, didn't know she was arranged, shiver me timbers….
Maybe jackdaw does not say anything because it should have been a terribly kept secret until the moment Tracy delivered her not so artfull words. But it looks like the coming week end is going to be full of activities, the waterfront shut off to traffic, etc. and Jools Holland means that there will be music, so, a proper shinding.
Enjoy Craig, bit too far for me.
where r u getrting the Jools Holland info? Why can't I find it? Where can I see him perform?
http://www.joolsholland.com/news/turner_contempor…
He may be attending that event as a celeb or VIP. In any case, he's playing the Margate Winter Gardens on May 12th:
http://www.5gig.co.uk/gigs/Jools+Holland-Margate
That should have been B£iar.
Right here bottom of paragraph and headliner. get ready and have one on me, a pint of Gadds No.5 will do. http://www.turnercontemporary.org/news/tracey-emi….
Stop stealing my script Ingo!
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I thought you were joking Ingo. http://www.turnercontemporary.org/news/tracey-emi….
Ms Emin is delighted. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-1309840…
Were you in this throng of thousands Craig? It seems to have gone down well with the public. I assume entry is free?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-1310430…