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10 fascinating women engraved on the Millicent Fawcett statue
In his speech, Khan highlighted the fact that the statue does not just depict Garrett Fawcett. Around the base of the plinth are engravings of 59 other figures in the fight for women’s suffrage ...
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Quirky statue unveiled in London prompts wildly mixed reactions
LONDON -- If the sign of good art is something that provokes discussion, then David Shrigley's new statue -- "Fourth Plinth", which was unveiled on Thursday morning in London -- is already on ...
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Who is Jen Reid? The Black Lives Matter activist whose statue replaced Edward Colston’s in Bristol
Earlier this week, a statue of Jen Reid was erected on the plinth where slave trader Edward Colston‘s once stood in Bristol. Last month, protestors toppled Edward Colston’s statue from its ...
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Finally, Margaret Thatcher’s statue on a 10ft plinth, to be erected in Grantham
The town of Grantham, in central England, agreed to house the statue with one important condition: that the controversial 10.5-foot monument stands atop an equally tall granite plinth to help ...
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A second attempt to erect a statue of Margaret Thatcher outside Parliament looks set to fail
The life-size-and-a-half statue of Thatcher by sculptor Douglas Jennings would be erected on a climb-proof four-meter plinth and could be quickly boarded up if needed. “Sockets have been placed ...