Justice not charity

Today's the day ............................ to celebrate 800 years

This is the image on one of the twelve bronze chairs that make up the artwork by Hew Locke called The Jurors.

It is to be found on the meadow at Runnymede, the site of the sealing of the Magna Carta in 1215 - and it was commissioned to mark the 800th anniversary of this important act.  Each of the twelve chairs is decorated with images and symbols relating to past and ongoing struggles for freedom, rule of law and equal rights.

This particular one represents the marches in 1920 of blind trade unionists from across the UK.  They converged on Trafalgar Square under the banner Justice not Charity  in support of the Blind Persons Act which became law later that year and established disability rights as a fundamental principle in British Society.

Unlike a lot of art installations, you are actively encouraged to sit on the chairs and touch the artwork - and think about the implications of the histories and issues depicted ........................