Yeah, I know, strictly speaking a statue rather than a sculpture but it’s close enough eh? And he has to be mentioned somewhere does old Isambard Kingdom Brunel – such an awesome name! And he, together with Sir Daniel Gooch did put Swindon on the map.
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WSSW Part 7: Looking to the Future
Swindon is home to an assortment of statues and sculptures – WSSW Part 7: Looking to the Future one of them.
Not to everyone’s taste, arguments rage about whether the council should spend money on such things when services are always crying out for funding. It was ever thus.
No 2: Arts and Culture in Swindon
When I first conceived this blog I needed a starting point. So I came up with the idea of 10 things to celebrate about Swindon. This post is No 2: Arts and Culture I have often heard it said that there is no culture in Swindon. Of the arts sort that is, rather than...
No 1: Parks and Green Spaces – Lydiard
When I first conceived this blog I needed a starting point. So I came up with the idea of 10 things to celebrate about Swindon. This post is No 1: Parks and Green spaces – Lydiard Park.







