CULTURE

Wishful thinking

Waltham Forest LBC may wish it had not borrowed a giant Henry Moore sculpture after admitting the art exhibit will cost £120,000 over four years.

Waltham Forest LBC may wish it had not borrowed a giant Henry Moore sculpture after admitting the art exhibit will cost £120,000 over four years.

Residents and council opposition members were left flummoxed by two things when the sculpture – officially called The Arch but dubbed The Wishbone by one mystified resident – was placed in a public garden due to open this summer: what does it represent and how much is the council paying for it?

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