A man has pleaded not guilty to attacking a statue outside the BBC headquarters, causing more than £150,000 worth of damage.

Protestors have been calling for the statue of Ariel and Prospero to be taken down after it was revealed Eric Gill, who passed away in 1940, was sexually abusive towards two of his daughters.

The Ariel and Prospero sculpture was hand-carved in 1932 by the artist, designer and sculptor Eric Gill, whose diaries – first published by biographer Fiona MacCarthy in 1989, after being ignored by ...

A man has pleaded not guilty to damaging a stone sculpture outside the BBC headquarters in London, which cost over £150,000 ...

Ariel is Prospero’s servant - he helps him carry out tasks on the island, although Prospero promises to one day set him free. Ariel stops a plot to kill Prospero and is finally set free at the ...