When first unveiled in the market town of Farnham, Surrey, in April last year the sculptures baffled locals who likened them to Madonna s bra , a Dalek scrapyard and giant dunce hats .
A public sculpture consisting of a number of large metal cones has turned black and burnt people’s hands, residents complained during a row over planning permission. Farnham residents have criticised the £20,000 “eyesore”, complaining that the cones have burnt people’s hands in hot weather, created a “thunderous cacophony of sound” for neighbours and now turned “grey and ugly”.
Already, it s late August. Perhaps you ve read all the books on that summer list you made back in May. Perhaps you have yet to begin. Perhaps you just want to start this whole summer reading thing over again. No matter. We re here to help, with 12 books to carry you into fall when you can start making a whole new list.
Glass, the pseudonym of Christi Daugherty (the YA Night School thrillers), introduces a novice British spy, Emma Makepeace, in Alias Emma (Bantam, Aug.).
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