Anti hero?
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Anti hero?
Image: © Bill Harrison Taken: 20 Jun 2008
The statue of General Charles Gordon (of Khartoum) in front of the main entrance to Robert Gordon University. When I was at an English primary school in the 1960s he was still regarded as a Victorian hero, but I suspect that few 21st Century children have ever heard of him... Tempus fugit...
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