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When first unveiled in the market town of Farnham, Surrey, in April last year the sculptures baffled locals who likened them to ' Madonna 's bra', a 'Dalek scrapyard' and 'giant dunce hats'.
A public sculpture consisting of a number of large metal cones has turned black and burnt people’s hands, residents complained during a row over planning permission. Farnham residents have criticised the £20,000 “eyesore”, complaining that the cones have burnt people’s hands in hot weather, created a “thunderous cacophony of sound” for neighbours and now turned “grey and ugly”.
Already, it's late August. Perhaps you've read all the books on that summer list you made back in May. Perhaps you have yet to begin. Perhaps you just want to start this whole summer reading thing over again. No matter. We're here to help, with 12 books to carry you into fall — when you can start making a whole new list.
Glass, the pseudonym of Christi Daugherty (the YA Night School thrillers), introduces a novice British spy, Emma Makepeace, in 'Alias Emma' (Bantam, Aug.).
Close Letters to the Editor: Opinions from readers on issues of the day Dec 27, 2020 Why should we care about inmates? I see so much on the news and in the newspapers about the inmates being executed and then government officials taking the blame for following through on the punishment. First of all, itâs none but the actual person or persons who committed these crimeâs faults as to why theyâre on death row and the sentence they received. Ttâs not the president, judge, jury, prosecutor, governor, or even the prison officialsâ fault or c...