http://www.naturistholiday.info?id=n&/en-GBSat, 13 Mar 2010 12:51:30 UT1440Naturist Holiday Info news feed.New York-based artist Spencer Tunick needs 1,000 volunteers to take their clothes off in front of Greater Manchester's art gallery, The Lowry, for it's 10th birthday celebrations.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8556762.stmMon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:00 UTCambridge University TV this week broadcast it's own version of Naked News, which has already sent viewing figures skyrocketing.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1255689/Nudes-10-Cambridge-University-students-present-joke-news-slot-naked.htmlSat, 06 Mar 2010 12:00:00 UTNaturist associations are disassociating themselves from adult-oriented resorts. But this ignores the fact that human beings are very sexual creatures.http://nudiarist.blogspot.com/2010/01/nudism-and-naturism-at-crossroads-or.htmlTue, 02 Mar 2010 12:00:00 UTMore than 5,000 people stripped naked on the steps of the Sydney Opera House to pose for a photograph by the American artist Spencer Tunick.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8542350.stmMon, 01 Mar 2010 12:00:00 UTThe representation of the unclothed human body has exuded a great fascination ever since time began. The exhibition Nude Visions invites visitors to embark on a journey through a collection of depictions of the human body spanning 150 years. More than 250 original photos, books and folders with studies from the nude will be on view.http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=35915Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:00:00 UTA group of 30 keen men and women in Germany have braved the elements to compete in a topless tobogganing competition. The 15 men and 15 women had to strip down to regulation underwear, with only shoes and hand and head gear to give them any protection from the elements. It is the second year of the competition in the Harz mountains near Braunlage, and more than 14,000 people turned up to egg on the contestants.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8529141.stmMon, 22 Feb 2010 12:00:00 UT"Could it be that our undying fascination with public nudity reveals less about people who take off their clothes as a lifestyle choice and more about those of us who don't? Certainly, more than we care to admit."http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/its-time-we-confronted-our-ambivalence-over-nudity-20100214-nzdo.htmlMon, 15 Feb 2010 12:00:00 UTA former Royal Marine, from Eastleigh in Hampshire known as the naked rambler has received his longest sentence yet for his campaign to promote body freedom. Stephen Gough was jailed for 21 months after being found guilty of breaching the peace and being in contempt of court.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/8504762.stmMon, 08 Feb 2010 12:00:00 UTPhotographer Spencer Tunick is planning a mass nude photo shoot for this Sydney's gay and lesbian Mardi Gras this year.http://www.passportmagazine.com/blog/index.php?/archives/566-Nude-Art-Installation-Planned-for-Sydneys-Gay-and-Lesbian-Mardi-Gras.htmlThu, 04 Feb 2010 12:00:00 UTA New Zealand woman, Shannon Claire, is asserting her rights to go topless [Video report]http://www.3news.co.nz/Auckland-woman-launches-topless-revolution/tabid/367/articleID/138739/Default.aspxThu, 28 Jan 2010 11:44:00 UTA group of protesters are planning to run naked through London in support of the Stephen Gough, The Naked Rambler who is currently locked up in a maximum security Scotish jail.http://news.stv.tv/scotland/153286-naturists-plan-nude-run-in-support-of-naked-rambler/Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:47:00 UTHundreds of women are venturing on stage to take off their clothes in front of an audience of strangers - but what's the attraction?http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/7062309/Trilogy-a-nude-awakening.htmlSat, 23 Jan 2010 08:30:00 UTPsychologist Alexander Wedderburn said: "I can't believe the law should spend public money in such a way. I don't think we should be looking for psychological explanations for Gough's behaviour. It's the judges that need to be psychologically examined."http://news.scotsman.com/opinion/Stark-choice.5988863.jpWed, 20 Jan 2010 12:00:00 UTA report in the New Zealand press states that The White Cockatoo in Queensland Australia is giving nudism a bad name.http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/3236704/Resort-gives-nudism-a-bad-nameMon, 18 Jan 2010 09:50:00 UTAuthor Tracy Williams, who calls herself The Naked Blonde Writer has set up a website to combine her two “talents” of writing and stripping off. She plans to read her new and as yet unpublished novels naked on the internet.http://thenakedblondewriter.com/Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:00:00 UTWhy, as Stephen Gough has found to his cost, are the British so terrified of nudity?http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/17/naked-rambler-terror-arrestSun, 17 Jan 2010 12:00:00 UTThe naked rambler, Stephen Gough, has been told he will spend the rest of his life in prison if he continues refusing to wear clothes in public.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/6977441/Naked-rambler-faces-life-in-prison.htmlWed, 13 Jan 2010 12:00:00 UTNew Zealand's naturists cycle the Otago Central Rail Trail.http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/3227184/Biking-in-the-buffWed, 13 Jan 2010 12:00:00 UTA Danish e-commerce website Fleggaard has recently made a commercial that depicts a group of topless skydivers who, during their descend, come together in mid-air to spell out an advertisement for a washing machine.http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/2803408/Is-this-sexiest-advert-ever.htmlTue, 12 Jan 2010 12:00:00 UTWomen are being invited to get on stage and dance naked in front of hundreds of people - to strike a blow for modern feminism.http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23791576-get-naked-on-stage-its-feminism.doWed, 06 Jan 2010 12:00:00 UTSadie Frost has dared to bare all in a photo shoot, but unlike most celebrities she's decided to go nude without being airbrushed or having her picture retouched.http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/807909-sadie-frost-strips-naked-without-aid-of-airbrushTue, 05 Jan 2010 12:00:00 UTTwo young men caught cycling naked in New Zealand received a stern warning from a local policewoman - for not wearing a helmet. The fact that they were also naked didn't concern her.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8427624.stmWed, 23 Dec 2009 12:00:00 UTStudents from the University of the Philippines stage their annual naked run, calling for candidates in next year's elections to bring about change in the country's governance.http://www.webcastr.com/videos/news/filipino-students-stage-naked-run.htmlThu, 17 Dec 2009 12:00:00 UTThe 64-year-old actress, who has stripped on screen in several films, says that stripping in front of the camera is liberating and gets easier as she gets older.http://entertainment.oneindia.in/hollywood/top-stories/scoop/2009/mirren-stripping-nude-081209.htmlTue, 08 Dec 2009 05:02:00 UTWomen who have been affected by cancer have appeared nude in calendar recreates nude poses from famous works of art.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1232842/Housewives-Art-Cancer-survivors-bare-classic-calendar.htmlThu, 03 Dec 2009 12:00:00 UTRyan McLendon investigates nudism and discovers "being naked frankly felt better than being clothed".http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-19451-taking-it-all-off.htmlWed, 02 Dec 2009 12:00:00 UTRihanna says "Every woman should have naked pictures taken. In five years my body might not look like this!http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/usa/2751152/Rihanna-talks-exclusively-to-The-Sun.htmlMon, 30 Nov 2009 12:00:00 UTPortland AKA the Rose City, is one of the few cities in America where it is not illegal for women to go topless in public. Lauren Krueger, on a Women’s Studies Sophomore Inquiry course, decided to conduct an experiment to see if this was true.http://www.dailyvanguard.com/women-can-bare-it-all-in-the-rose-city-1.2098419Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:00:00 UTActually it turned out to be another excuse for a naked calendarhttp://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2744444/Students-vent-their-naked-fury.htmlTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:00:00 UT"I can't shake the feeling that there is something very, very wrong. For, apart from a silly stretchy hat, I am completely and utterly stark naked. And about to take part in the world's largest nude swimming gala in front of hundreds of total strangers."http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1227369/Anyone-breast-stroke-Our-writer-loses-body-hang-ups-compete-naturist-Olympics.htmlFri, 13 Nov 2009 12:00:00 UTTeams from the UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain and Italy are taking part in the event at the Ken Marriott Leisure Centre in Rugby this weekend.http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2009/11/08/naked-swimmers-bare-all-at-nude-swimming-gala-in-rugby-66331-25116532/Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:00:00 UTWith life so tightly controlled in other ways -- no freedom of speech, little freedom to travel, the Stasi secret police spying on citizens -- "Freikoerperkultur" ("Free body culture"), or "FKK" for short was a rare liberty that people made full use of in the GDR. In Prerow, a picturesque seaside town north of Berlin 2,500 border guards, 70 watch towers, searchlights, barbed wire, boats and radar all made sure no one escaped by sea to West Germany or to Denmark. But one thing people were allowed to do in the shadow of Prerow's watchtowers, and on other beaches and lakes around the communist country, was to indulge in FKK.http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jcKj1BKS0yXo6QafidSuZpGu0l4gThu, 05 Nov 2009 12:00:00 UTJamie Oliver's wife Jools tells that Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood asked her to pose nude for a painting. "I’m really comfortable with nudity but I thought 'What the hell am I going to talk to Ronnie about?'”http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1224785/Jools-Oliver-reveals-Ronnie-Wood-wants-paint-naked.htmlTue, 03 Nov 2009 12:00:00 UTNaturists from all over Europe will congregate in Rugby this weekend for an international nude swimming gala at the Ken Marriott Leisure Centre. Teams from the UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain and Italy are to compete in this year’s International Naturist Federation’s Swimming Gala.http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/2009/11/03/european-naturists-set-to-descend-on-rugby-92746-25079269/Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:00:00 UTThe annual naked Halloween run in Boulder, Colorado did not materialize this year, after the police threatened participants with indecent exposure charges.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8336308.stmSun, 01 Nov 2009 12:00:00 UTSarah Marshall investigates a naturist swim in Eastbourne, UKhttp://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/sarah-marshall/A-reporter39s-role-is-never.5757135.jpWed, 21 Oct 2009 11:00:00 UTThe annual "go natural week" of the New Zealand Naturist Federation runs October 24 to November 1, and naturists throughout the country will be celebrating. Timaru's local naturist venue, the South Canterbury Sun Club, will not be holding any specific events for the week but the group is still active and strong.http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/2988219/Going-nude-a-huge-stress-releaseWed, 21 Oct 2009 11:00:00 UTA trial of a scanner that produces "naked" images of passengers has begun at Manchester Airport, UK. The authorities say it will speed up security checks by quickly revealing any concealed weapons or explosives. But the full body scans will also show up breast enlargements, body piercings and a clear black-and-white outline of passengers' genitals.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8303983.stmTue, 13 Oct 2009 08:56:00 UTTwo women describe their first visit to a nudist camp (Berkshire Vista Nudist Resort)http://www.huffingtonpost.com/holly-robinson/two-women-bare-it-all_b_315775.htmlMon, 12 Oct 2009 05:28:00 UTEddie Matz, senior writer at ESPN The Magazine, is assigned to cover a volleyball match and also compete. Then he finds out that it is at White Thorn nudist lodge!http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=4537381Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:38:00 UTFrank Cordelle's exhibition of nudes appears in Portland, but causes some controversyhttp://wweek.com/editorial/3548/13175Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:00:00 UTHundreds of naked people gathered in a French vineyard to pose for photographer Spencer Tunick and illustrate the threat of global warming through art.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8289100.stmSun, 04 Oct 2009 07:24:00 UTAn image of Brooke Shields was removed from a gallery last week on the advice of police. Does the art world think it can get away with anything, or are we too sensitive about images of children?http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article6860137.eceSat, 03 Oct 2009 11:00:00 UTThe idea behind what is now called "phototherapy" is simple: expose yourself to a camera, in the hands of a photographer you trust, and you will see your life in a different way. As one of the women I interviewed for the piece says: "Once you can face the world naked, what else is there to be afraid of?"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/women_shealth/6255773/Posing-naked-for-a-womens-magazine-felt-brave-and-shocking.htmlFri, 02 Oct 2009 05:04:00 UTIs there an age when it stops being OK to be nude around your children?http://carnalnation.com/content/33675/902/naked-truth?page=0,0Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:00:00 UTThe trend of taking pregnant nude photos has been growing over the past few years and exploded when J-pop singer ‘hitomi’ published a pregnant nude picture with her new album last June. The picture was displayed on large billboards over busy streets in Tokyo and the related photo book became a bestseller, selling more than 10,000 copies in its first week of publication, according to local media.http://blogs.reuters.com/photo/2009/09/30/japanese-women-celebrate-pregnancy-with-maternity-nudes/Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:47:00 UTGermany naturists are hoping to establish Germany's first official naked ramblers' footpath - an 18km (11-mile) route in the Harz Mountains from next April.http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,650329,00.htmlThu, 24 Sep 2009 07:55:00 UTPamina Brassey was invited to pose for Playboy when she was just 17 but declined. 32 years later the now 49-year-old jewellery designer took the brave decision to pose with her mastectomy scars to give hope to other victims of the disease.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1215537/Breast-cancer-survivor-spurned-Playboy-poses-nude-raise-awareness-disease.htmlThu, 24 Sep 2009 12:39:00 UTA Canterbury couple have made good on their promise to get married in the (almost) nude, as part of a promotion by the radio station, The Edge. It was not a wedding for the judgemental, although their nudity did seem to unnerve the marriage celebrant. He forgot who he was marrying and got the groom’s name wrong.http://www.3news.co.nz/Canterbury-couple-marry-in-the-nude/tabid/420/articleID/122606/cat/58/Default.aspxWed, 23 Sep 2009 11:00:00 UT"When you are standing alongside a dusty road and 3,000 pairs of breasts are cruising by you, they lose their mystery, their seduction. You start to realize that the woman in front of you is more than a collection of body parts. Maybe at the end of the day, that is what the ride is about."http://www.bclocalnews.com/opinion/60444757.htmlWed, 23 Sep 2009 09:00:00 UT