{"id":348474,"date":"2026-03-26T07:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T07:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/348474\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T07:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T07:44:07","slug":"iconic-body-shop-sculpture-donated-to-littlehampton-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/348474\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Iconic&#8217; Body Shop sculpture donated to Littlehampton museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The ethical beauty brand, founded by Dame Anita Roddick in 1976, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c39n1dnwyzpo\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">moved out of its headquarters in 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The building was later demolished after the business&#8217;s remaining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cx2lzjlg182o\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UK stores were rescued from administration<\/a>. Roddick died in 2007.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">According to the town council, the sculptures were visible from nearby roads from the 1990s onwards, becoming a &#8220;beloved&#8221; landmark, with strong local interest in preserving their legacy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Only a few of the works that remained were in a salvageable condition, all needing repair, the council added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The donated sculpture was chosen in consultation with Penny to represent the whole set.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It is the first object to be added to the museum under a National Lottery-funded project that aims to collect and preserve contemporary stories, to reflect how the town has changed before people&#8217;s memories fade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Former and current Body Shop staff are being asked to take part in workshops and to contribute memories for oral histories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ethical beauty brand, founded by Dame Anita Roddick in 1976, moved out of its headquarters in 2024.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-348474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}