Relative of Virginia Woolf slams critics of £50k statue of the author next to the River Thames

Relative of Virginia Woolf slams critics of £50k statue of the author next to the River Thames

Virginia Woolf’s great-great niece has hit back at critics of a recently unveiled riverside statue of the author, whose location has been described as ‘insensitive’. The celebrated English author, who was dogged... Read more »
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Planned Virginia Woolf statue challenged as insensitive | Virginia Woolf

Concerns have been raised about a planned statue of Virginia Woolf overlooking the Thames, which has been called insensitive because of the way she killed herself. The memorial the author, designed by... Read more »
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Virginia Woolf statue approved amid concerns over ‘insensitivity’ of riverside location

However, proponents for the sculpture say that to “hide” the famous resident of Richmond in a residential street would be offensive to her legacy. Aurora Metro, a charity which has planned and... Read more »