Man arrested after statue at BBC headquarters attacked with a hammer
The figures, depicting Prospero and Ariel from Shakespeare’s play The Tempest, were installed in 1933.
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The figures, depicting Prospero and Ariel from Shakespeare’s play The Tempest, were installed in 1933.
The figures, depicting Prospero and Ariel from Shakespeare’s play The Tempest, were installed in 1933.
That a controversial statue was attacked isn't a novel occurrence these days, but what makes the Wednesday incident outside the BBC's Broadcasting House less typical is...
LONDON (AP) — British police on Wednesday cordoned off an area outside the BBC's Broadcasting House in central London after a man was spotted scaling the building and using a hammer to attack a statue by controversial sculptor Eric Gill.
There has been a campaign to remove the controversial statue which adorns Broadcasting House.