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Have your say on Quantum Leap

Great work of art or a waste of cash? Vote in our poll on the controversial sculpture.


Was this worth £450,000?

The wraps are off Quantum Leap. Is it a fitting tribute or waste of money?


Darwin sculpture is finally unveiled to public

Controversial Shrewsbury art sculpture Quantum Leap was finally unveiled today with the last part of a frame surrounding it taken down.


Public wait to see Darwin sculpture

Shrewsbury’s controversial sculpture celebrating Charles Darwin is being slowly revealed, with bosses today claiming all will become clear to the public tomorrow.


Palin to give Darwin talk at old school

Monty Python star and former Shrewsbury School pupil Michael Palin is set to return to the school this week to give a talk about Charles Darwin.


Controversial art ‘on target’

A controversial sculpture celebrating Charles Darwin in Shrewsbury is on target to be unveiled tomorrow, council officials said today, vowing people could enjoy it.


Princess Royal under the spotlight

The future of the Princess Royal Hospital is under the spotlight as our podcast team look back at the events of the past seven days.


Fresh uproar over artwork

Fresh controversy has erupted over a sculpture in Shrewsbury celebrating Charles Darwin. But what do you think of Quantum Leap?


Darwin movie premiere

A major new Hollywood film celebrating the life of Shrewsbury-born Charles Darwin has received its regional premiere in Shropshire.


Bulletin: Promise over hospital costs

Today health bosses make a promise on the future of county hospital services, police name the victim of a south Shropshire road accident, and New Zealand couple tour Darwin’s birthplace.


Video: Darwin film premiere

Shropshire Star film critic Carl Jones on the new film Creation, which tells the story of Shrewsbury-born Charles Darwin and which had a regional premiere in the town last night.


Johnny Ball’s Darwin show – in pictures

TV host Johnny Ball captivated his audience during two shows in Shropshire with a wealth of scientific facts and information – including explaining how 50 per cent of human genes are the same those found in a banana.


Darwin film gets town screening

Creation, the new film about the life of Charles Darwin, is to get a gala regional premiere  tonight in the town of his birth.


Letter: Why can’t we build properly?

Letter: How can those building the  sculpture  in Mardol Gardens, with all the modern technology at their finger tips, get the final alignment so wrong?


£78m visitor spot named after Darwin

A £78 million building which will house state-of-the-art scientific research and storage facilities and is named after Shrewsbury’s most famous son Charles Darwin has been unveiled in London.


Darwin descendant sets sail

The great-great granddaughter of Shrewsbury’s most famous son Charles Darwin joined a Hollywood A-lister, historians and scientists as she attempts to re-create his landmark voyage on HMS Beagle.


Wizard new hat for Darwin

Is it Darwin or Merlin? Some pranksters thought it would be a good idea to furnish a statue of Shrewsbury’s most famous son with a traffic cone, leaving him looking more like the mystical wizard of Arthurian legend.


Rare Darwin book up for sale

A rare third edition of The Origin of Species – the famous book written by Shrewsbury-born naturalist Charles Darwin – is to be auctioned in his home town later this month.


Darwin structure is out of line

The £350,000 sculpture being built to celebrate the bicentenary of Charles Darwin, Shrewsbury’s most famous son,  has been hit by technical problems which may never be resolved, it was revealed today.


Darwin lollipops go on sale

Charles Darwin’s image is known around the world but now it has appeared on new lollipops being sold in Shropshire.


Early Darwin book fetches £15,000

A first edition of Shrewsbury-born scientist Charles Darwin’s ground-breaking work On The Origin Of Species has sold for more than £15,000 at auction.


County’s Angel of the North?

The new £350,000 sculpture and geo-garden being built to mark the bicentenary of Shrewsbury-born scientist Charles Darwin will be the town’s answer to the Angel of the North, it was claimed today.


Darwin memorial – in pictures

The new Charles Darwin Quantum Leap public artwork is taking shape in Shrewsbury. See our picture gallery here.


Artist to exhibit Darwin portrait

A Shropshire artist, who is determined to show that her disability will not hold her back, is set to hold an exhibition in Shrewsbury featuring a painting of Charles Darwin.


Darwin memorial takes shape – in pictures

A new £350,000 sculpture and geo-garden to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Shrewsbury’s most famous son Charles Darwin is now starting to take shape. See the pictures here.


A song for Darwin

What happens when you lock eight of the folk music world’s finest musicians away and ask them to write a song for Charles Darwin’s 200th anniversary? Find out here.


Nick Owen’s Darwin county date

TV presenter Nick Owen returned to Shrewsbury today to help launch a mass-read of a literary classic as part of celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin.


Thinking walks on Darwin’s paths

A Shropshire garden where a young Charles Darwin took walks to contemplate his future will open to the public this month.


Floral extravaganza for Darwin

A major floral extravaganza to celebrate the life of Shrewsbury’s most famous son Charles Darwin is to be held at the county church where his family is buried.


Work begins on Darwin artwork

A new piece of public art to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin will start to “rise out of the river bank” in Shrewsbury with work beginning in earnest today.

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