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Charlotte McLaughlin

Artwork featuring JK Rowling’s name taken off display to stop ‘tampering’

JK Rowling. (Andrew Milligan/PA) - (PA Archive)

An artwork featuring author JK Rowling’s name has been taken down by the National Trust, which wants to “protect it from further tampering or damage”.

Visitors who went to Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire between April and November 2024 were invited to nominate a “contemporary Virtuous Woman”, whose name was then sewn into the fabric.

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