Cheviot Hills<\/a> which look like a reclining woman,” Ms Perkin said.<\/p>\n”He has borrowed from the landscape and drawn those curves and lines into the form.<\/p>\n
”Northumberlandia is just a lady, she doesn’t represent anything, but I think it’s understandable that people have their own interpretations.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Check back at one of the quarter or cross-quarter days, Ms. Perkins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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