HAVE FOUND IT odd in the recent discussions about public statuary that no mention has been made of the person who has the most recent statues in public spaces in London. This is not, as you might think, Sir Winston Churchill, whose statue by Ivor Roberts-Jones in Parliament Square has been so frequently defaced, nor Margaret Thatcher, whose statue was commissioned by the House of Commons Works of Art Committee, turned down by the House of Commons, had her head knocked off when on display in the Guildhall Art
On a pedestal ?
Feb 24, 2022
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