The Witch of St Ives

Amusing sideline in Dr James Fox's recent programme on BBC4 on The Art of Cornwall. Apparently, the sculptor Barbara Hepworth was such a formidable character that the locals secretly referred to her as 'The Witch of St Ives'. A tongue-in-cheek morsel of folklore grew up that the abstract sculptures in her garden were actually the ossified remains of her victims, transformed by her Circe-like powers.