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BBC News
24-03-2025
- Entertainment
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Tolkien Triangle in East Yorkshire will honour Hobbit author
The author who wrote the classic fantasy tales The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings is being honoured with a new sculpture Tolkien spent almost 18 years in Hull and East Yorkshire recovering from trench fever after World War landscape of the area is said to have been the influence of some of his stories, and now it is being recognised with North Lincolnshire-based artist Allen Stichler's oak Riding of Yorkshire councillor Barbara Jefferson said the sculptures, which are due to be unveiled in spring, will "celebrate a literacy legacy". "Commissioned in memory of a remarkable author whose deep ties to East Yorkshire continue to inspire, this striking sculpture embodies a unique initiative," she said.''It not only celebrates a cherished literary legacy but also positions the Holderness region on both national and international stages, promising to invigorate the local visitor economy and attract a growing number of tourists in the coming years.''The sculptures have been crafted in oak from the Sotterley Estate, near Beccles, Suffolk, and funded by East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Route Yorkshire trail, called The Tolkien Triangle, will include two new sculptures in Roos, between Hornsea and Withernsea. One of the hand-carved oak statues will be of Tolkien's wife, Edith, depicting a memory from the summer of 1917 when she danced for him in a wood near the other statue will be of Tolkien standing in the woods as a young statues come ahead of the return of television series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, and a film next year, The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum.
BBC News
16-02-2025
- General
- BBC News
First women celebrated with Leeds council chamber plaques
Six plaques celebrating the achievements of women have been installed in a council chamber for the first time since the building opened in only men had been honoured at Leeds Civic Hall before the new names were added as part of the council's Inspirational Women women chosen to be celebrated include the city's first female MP, Alice Bacon; the first black headteacher in Leeds, Gertrude Paul; and the Barnbow Lasses munitions workers who died in a factory explosion during World War Debra Coupar, Leeds City Council deputy leader and executive member for resources, said she hoped the project would inspire future generations. She said: "We have lots of schools come into the council chamber to see how local democracy works and all they saw before were men's names on these plaques. Now they can feel inspired by the women's plaques that they see. "If you can see it, you can believe it and you can be it. And now we've got that to offer to the next generation and the next."Heather Paul, daughter of Gertrude Paul, said seeing her mother's name added to the chamber was a proud said: "Her vision and impact continue to make a difference to many people generationally."She was a woman who believed in collective action, galvanising young and old to promote equity not only in education but in all public services."The Inspirational Women project is aimed at recognising the accomplishments of Leeds women and the contribution they have made to the city's Leeds Civic Hall was built in 1933, men who had a close association with Leeds, or who had contributed to the history of the city, had their names added to the walls of the council women were chosen by a public consultation and confirmed by members of the council's executive to Ms Coupar there is space for two more women to be added to the chamber plaque, and councillors are in consideration about who to select. Who are the six women? The Barnbow LassesThe Barnbow Lasses were 35 women and girls who worked in the Barnbow munitions factory in east Leeds and were killed in an explosion during World War incident remains the single biggest loss of life in the city's history. Leonora Cohen OBEA pioneer of the Suffragette movement who was born in Leeds, Cohen was arrested for her protests in was convicted for smashing a glass case containing royal insignia at the Tower of London in protest against the government's position on a woman's right to 1928 she was awarded an OBE. Gertrude PaulA founding member of the Leeds West Indian Carnival and the first black headteacher in also founded the Leeds International Women's Group, the Afro Asian Organisation and the United Caribbean Association. Alice Bacon MP CBEThe city's first female MP, Bacon was a minister in the Home Office in the oversaw the abolition of the death penalty, the decriminalisation of homosexuality and the legalisation of abortion.A member of the Labour Party, in 2019 Rachel Reeves unveiled a blue plaque to Bacon in Leeds Corn Exchange. Beryl Burton OBEBurton was an English racing cyclist who dominated the sport in the UK and was born in Halton and raced for clubs in Morley and won 96 national championships and seven world titles. Ivy BensonBorn in Holbeck, Benson was a saxophonist who led an all-female swing the All Girls Orchestra, the group became the BBC's resident dance band and were the first entertainers to be invited to perform at the VE Day celebrations in Berlin in to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North or tell us a story you think we should be covering here.
