Cathedral defends planned Jane Austen statue after critics say it will turn site into ‘Disneyland’
by Matt Mathers
Mar 10, 2024
2 minutes
Winchester Cathedral has defended its plan to put up a £100k sculpture of author Jane Austen after critics complained that the project would turn the area into a kind of “Disneyland”.
announced late last year proposals to install a life-sized statue of in 1817 aged 41 and was buried in the cathedral.
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