Awards '05
SOME OF 2005’s WINNERS:
 Arts:Alan Bennett |
 Business:Charles Dunstone |
 Creative Industries:Nick Park |
 Science & Innovation:Professor Frederick Sanger |
The Morgan Stanley Great Britons '05 Overall Winner
2005 Category Winners
Arts: Alan Bennett
Business: Charles Dunstone
Campaigning: Jamie Oliver
Creative Industries: Nick Park
Public Life: Lord Sebastian Coe
Science & Innovation: Professor Frederick Sanger
Sport: Dame Ellen MacArthur
A special prize was awarded to Abigail Witchalls, the Surrey mother of two who was left fighting for her life after being stabbed in the neck by an attacker as she pushed her 21-month old son in his buggy. The judges felt that Abigail's strength and determination, incredible bravery and wonderful compassionate manner in overcoming the attack, made her a true role-model.
2005 Research
To mark the launch of Morgan Stanley Great Britons 2005, the programme partners, including the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), commissioned research into what everyday people think are the values that define Britishness. People from various ethnic backgrounds across England, Scotland and Wales took part. Interpretations of Britishness ranged from the trivial to the profound. Images of valleys, lochs and rolling hills are counterposed with values of fairness, tolerance and respect. Symbols such as bulldogs, Beefeaters and the Union flag were balanced against freedoms of speech, the press and religion. Overall, the findings bode well for our desire to realise an integrated society where we can celebrate our diversity and in which difference does not have to mean division.
Research
CRE (2005)
The Commission for Racial Equality's research into what the ordinary person's view is on Britishness.
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