Monty Python's Life of Brian and Michael Palin alongside mayor Sue Jones-Davies (who portrayed Judith Iscariot in the film). However, before the showing, an Aberystwyth University student discovered that a ban had only been discussed by the council and in fact that it had been shown (or scheduled to be shown) at a cinema in the town in 1981. In 2013, a German official in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia considered the film to be possibly offensive to Christians and hence subject to a local regulation prohibiting its public screening on Good Friday, despite protests by local atheists. In New York (the film's release in
Welsh Artist of the Year Philippa Lawrence (conceptual sculpture/photography) Runner-up: Eleri Mills (painting) Winner: Walter Keeler (ceramics) Second prize: Virginia Head (drawing) Third prize: Daphne Hurn (painting) Winner: Ruth Harries (textiles) Runner-up: Elizabeth Forrest (sculpture) Winner: Sally Moore (painting) Winner: Brendan Stuart Burns (painting) Runner-up: Philip Nicol (painting) Winner: Rob Piercy (painting) Runner-up: Tony Goble (painting) Winner: Brendan Stuart Burns (painting) Runner-up: Clive Hicks-Jenkins (painting) Welsh Artist of the Year The Welsh Artist of the Year award is an annual art competition in Cardiff's St David's Hall, open to amateur and professional artists who have a link to Wales. It has been running annually since