Pedant's corner...

The figures in this artwork - the Crossing, on the waterfront in Hull - are gazing out to sea, and are meant to represent a North European family emigrating to a new life in America. Unfortunately, the inscription on the base could have used a bit of proofreading before being etched into stone. Statue donated 2001 to Kingston upon Hull by the Sea Trek Foundation of America as they retraced their descendants journey in Tall Ships from Northern Europe. Though I can overlook the lack of an apostrophe, I have to take issue with ‘descendants’. Our descendants are those who come after us; the word that should be on the plinth is ‘ancestors’…