Letters: Diana â the dream and the reality
Perhaps the ordinariness of her statue befits a princess who shone so brightly that she cast a disproportionate shadow
The statue of Diana, Princess of Wales, at the sunken garden of Londonâs Kensington Palace. Photograph: Guy Bell/REX/Shutterstock
The statue of Diana, Princess of Wales, at the sunken garden of Londonâs Kensington Palace. Photograph: Guy Bell/REX/Shutterstock
Sun 11 Jul 2021 01.00 EDT
Consensus in the press finds Dianaâs statue âdullâ, lacking âvitalityâ and âfrumpyâ and it may be true that part of the explanation is that the âenergy and purpose have been drained out of the art formâ (âDiana, Wollstonecraft, Wilde⦠why do we keep getting it so wrong with our statues?â, News). There is, however, a more fundamental problem. The idea of Diana, Princess of Wales, was always more significant than the real person. Even in an era of hyper-celebrity, few
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Pamela Renee Ragan Thomas left this world to go her eternal home on May 5, 2021. She was surrounded by her family and loved ones. Pam was a loving wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend.
Pam is the daughter of Dallas and Betty Ragan, born on Nov. 27, 1970 in Bridgeport. Pam graduated from North Jackson High School, where she was part of the first ever graduating class in May 1989.
After returning to school while raising her children, Pam graduated with a degree in secondary education from Athens State University in 2010. Pam spent eight years working at the Tennessee Valley Authority in Chattanooga, Tennessee before finally realizing her lifelong dream and becoming a teacher at Stevenson Middle School in 2019. Pam cherished the opportunity to teach kids and loved interacting with them in her classroom.
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Since his mother, Cecilia, and his fiancee, Blanca Leon (in framed photo), died of COVID-19, Claudio Sanchez has been caring for his and Blanca s sons Jose Ortiz, 14, Daniel Sanchez, 6, Claudio s sister, Celeste, 18, and three cousins who had lived with his mother and aunt: Elijah Sanchez, 7, Izaeyah Burkley, 8, and Aaliyah Sanchez, 9.(Vernon Bryant / Staff Photographer)
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