From the Jerusalem Diary of Eric Gill

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He craved more strict authority, a degree of flagellation, his sins cast upon the rock that is Christ. Gill was commissioned to carve a number of inscriptions in Oxford, including this one on Blackfriars Hall, St.

When I ask if it is sometimes easier not to show an object at all than to tell its full history – a reflection of my worry that this is where the Ditchling project will end up taking us – he comes back with the following: “There is usually a great deal of discussion, debate and deep thought involved in interpreting challenging objects.

However in 2022, The Observer reported that it appeared that the museum had decided to reduce the prominence given to Gill's work among its exhibits. Staff and volunteers are receiving extra training ahead of the exhibition, and visitors will receive the numbers of support helplines with their tickets. Several organisations, including Save the Children, resolved to stop using typefaces designed by Gill.

Hepburn has talked to groups who work with those who have experienced sexual abuse, and he has accepted some of their advice. Kip Fenn is a success: his career has taken off within a major UN agency trying to spread wealth from the rich to the poor. Tessa Soloman, ‘ Protestor Vandalizes Eric Gill Statue Outside BBC, Sparking Debate Over Sculptor’s Sordid Biography‘, ART News (14 January 2022).It seems that, either the post-modern, punk 1980s were not as far from the attitudes of the interwar period, or Gill’s works simply crossed the fine line of universally understood morality.