TCG Letter #1154

Tolkien together with the poet Wilfred Rowland Childe wrote to the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer to defend the World War One (WW1) memorial by sculptor Eric Gill. The memorial frieze was criticised for its depiction of "Christ driving the Moneychangers from the Temple".

The group would like to extend our thanks to TCG member Predictable Matt for making us aware of this letter and supplying details and complimentary links about the letter and frieze (see references below).