Licoricia of WInchester

This morning I cycled into Winchester for a ukulele class at the Theatre Royal, which is  in Jewry Street. Next door to the  theatre is the Arc (formerly known as the Discovery Centre and before that the library). In February,  a new statue of Licoricia of  Winchester with her son Asher  was unveiled outside the Arc. Licoricia was a prominent member of the  Jewish community in medieval Winchester. She was  well educated, and a successful  businesswoman and money lender, even after her husband died. She died in 1277, only a few years before all the Jews in England were expelled to  continental  Europe. They couldn't  return until the17th century.
The aim of the statue and the  Licoricia Trust, which commissioned the sculpture, is to inspire people to learn about Winchester's important,  but little known Medieval Jewish community. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licoricia_of_Winchester
I like the sculpture and am pleased to see it in the old Jewish quarter.  
The sculptor  was Ian Rank-Broadley, whose work "Opening the Lock Gate" in Islington, I blipped on 20th March.  Opening the lock gate

In the evening we led a guided walk through our local wildlife area and to Yew Hill butterfly reserve, and  neighbouring hilltop. My extra shows our friend,  C the sheep whisperer, with some of the animals  who have been employed to graze the weeds on the chalk downland. They really are friendly  sheep and allowed us to stroke them!