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Should a paedophile’s sculpture grace BBC headquarters?

Letter: Dr Bernard Gallagher feels conflicted about the reinstatement of Eric Gill’s statue at Broadcasting House

The Guardian - UK

Voices: Artworks by disgraced artists like Eric Gill need context, not protective screens

COMMENT: ‘Prospero and Ariel’ – the sculpture by paedophile Eric Gill that adorns the BBC’s Broadcasting House – deserves better than being locked away in an ugly glass box, says Clair Woodward

The Independent UK

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BBC reinstalls sculpture by paedophile Eric Gill with new protective screen

Broadcaster says it does not condone ‘abusive behaviour’ of its creator after repairs to statue of Ariel and Prospero

The Guardian - UK

Sculpture by artist who sexually abused his daughters goes back on display outside BBC headquarters

The sculpture depicts Prospero and Ariel from William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest.

Evening Standard

Controversial statue outside BBC headquarters now back on display

The statue has been on display at Broadcasting House since the early 1930s

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Welsh monastery with controversial history for sale for £1.5 million

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Evening Standard

‘It’s what Princess Diana said off-camera, not on, in the Bashir interview that inspired my play’

Jonathan Maitland worked with Martin Bashir at the BBC and ITV for over six years. With the infamous Panorama programme essentially censored, he wanted to mark her ground-breaking comments about bulimia, postnatal depression and self-harm

The Guardian - UK

Man arrested after attack on statue at BBC HQ with hammer and chisel

The Metropolitan Police said a man was arrested on Saturday at just after 6pm on suspicion of criminal damage and going equipped.

The Independent UK

'Spiderman' attacks statue at BBC HQ with hammer and chisel

A masked man has attacked a statue on the front of the BBC’s Broadcasting House in central London with a hammer and chisel.

The National (Scotland)

Man arrested after hammer attack on Eric Gill statue at BBC’s Broadcasting House

Man in Spider-Man mask scaled London headquarters in apparent protest against paedophile sculptor

The Guardian - UK

Masked man attacks controversial statue at BBC HQ with hammer

Metropolitan Police says specialist officers have been called to the scene

The Independent UK

Man attacks statue at BBC HQ with hammer and chisel

The Metropolitan Police said specialist officers have been called to the scene in central London.

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The Guardian - UK

Eric Gill was evil. His sculpture at BBC headquarters isn’t

The BBC is right to restore the defaced statue that was created by an artist who sexually abused his daughters. Instead of blaming a piece of inert stone, we should be trying to change the real world

The Independent UK

BBC begins work to repair defaced statue by controversial sculptor Eric Gill

The cost of the work will be covered through insurance and not the licence fee, the broadcaster confirmed on Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

BBC to repair HQ sculpture by paedophile Eric Gill

The work by artist who sexually abused his daughters stands above an entrance to Broadcasting House and was vandalised last year

The Guardian - UK

Airbrushing claim as ‘Eric Gill museum’ shuns legacy of artist and sexual abuser

The master craftsman was once lauded in Ditchling, Sussex. Now, as the grotesque truth of his life is acknowledged, all that has changed

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The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Jimmy Carr’s controversial art destruction show

The comedian goes ahead with this questionable TV experiment. Plus: Stormzy is the first guest in Louis Theroux’s new celebrity interview series. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Hitler’s watercolours are best ignored, but you have to reckon with the power of Eric Gill

A planned show featuring works by the evil and corrupt has caused outrage, but it asks some useful questions

The Guardian - UK

Backlash against C4 show that may destroy works by Hitler and Picasso

Jimmy Carr-fronted show accused of seeking attention with something akin to book burning

The Guardian - UK

Steven Gerrard and a worrying pointer from the Rule of Rhule

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The 1960s Newcastle United goalkeeper who is the subject of a new book

Goalkeeper Dave Hollins represented Newcastle United from 1961 to 1966, making 121 appearances - now, he and lifelong goalkeeping friend Eric Gill are the subject of a new biography

Daily Mirror

Dame Vera Lynn paintings displayed next to sculptures by paedophile Eric Gill

Dame Vera Lynn fans have said it's an 'insult to her memory' to be at the Museum of Craft and Design in East Sussex, which also features work from paedophile Eric Gil

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