Works of art designed for ‘brave current world’ after second world war among those listed by Historic England and now on expose to highlight their value A hulking,imperious Guy the gorilla in south London’s Crystal Palace park; a stoic Winston Churchill watching traffic in Woodford Green, north London; a heroic embodiment of British miners originally installed on a roundabout in St Helens, or Merseyside – just some examples of Britain’s treasured postwar public sculptures. Others reside on housing estates,shopping centres and university campuses. All aim to bring some life and some sparkle to the often dreary ordinariness of what surrounds them.
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Source: theguardian.com