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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

‘Rather insensitive’: Fife council to remove menacing witch mural

The mural of a witch reaching out a hand, on the gable end wall of the Larachmhor Tavern.
The mural, by Rogue One, covers the gable end wall of the Larachmhor Tavern in Pittenweem. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

A “gaudy and inaccurate” mural by a renowned street artist will be removed from a historic fishing village after objections exposed deep sensitivities about how women persecuted for witchcraft are portrayed in modern times.

The mural of the menacing witch reaching her spindly fingers towards passersby covers the gable end wall of the Larachmhor Tavern, a 19th-century category C listed building that sits within the conservation area of Pittenweem, Fife.

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