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The John Bonham Statue in Redditch

June 7, 2018June 7, 2018 Mark Travel, UK

I wrote recently about the fantastic new statue of Æthelflæd in Tamworth recently, and it seems that statues are en vogue in the midlands at the minute. This week saw the unveiling of the new John Bonham statue in Redditch, honouring one of the Worcestershire town’s most famous sons, with a piece of work by Mark Richards. […]

“Our Aethel”, Tamworth’s new statue of Æthelflæd, Lady of Mercia

May 23, 2018 Mark History, Travel, UK

It is often quoted that Britain has an issue with a lack of diversity among its statues, with most of them being of white men. There is also an often held erroneous belief that impressive women who changed society in Britain appeared in our history in the mid nineteenth century, with many being hard pressed […]