The BBC has come under scrutiny for restoring a statue by Eric Gill despite public calls for its removal due to the artist’s history of abuse. In 2022, a protester attempted to damage the statue ...

This is because Gill – an artist feted in his day for his public works and influential typography, notably Gill Sans – was revealed in a 1989 biography to have sexually abused his two ...

The statue, which depicts Prospero and Ariel from William Shakespeare's play The Tempest, was created by Eric Gill. Gill was among the most prominent sculptors of the 20th Century. After his death ...

A police officer watches as a man wearing a Spiderman mask uses a hammer and chisel to damage the Prospero and Ariel statue by Eric Gill, outside BBC Broadcasting House in London, in an apparent ...

Following a contentious restoration, the BBC has reinstalled Eric Gill’s Prospero and Ariel sculpture outside its London ...

A controversial statue carved by the sculptor Eric Gill has been restored and is being unveiled outside the BBC's London ...

The sculpture, which depicts Prospero and Ariel from William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest, was created by Eric Gill, whose diaries revealed that he sexually abused his daughters, sister and ...

A controversial statue carved by the sculptor Eric Gill has been restored and has been unveiled outside the BBC's London headquarters. The Grade II*-listed statue was damaged in 2022 and 2023 ...