Sir Fred Goodwin given a grisly comeuppance by artist

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Today, it was effigies of bankers forced to apologise for their role in financial meltdown.

Sir Tom McKillop, the former chairman of RBS, and his chief executive, Sir Fred Goodwin, who stepped down because of the crisis, were pilloried by artist David Fryer in his work, Severed Heads.

Fryer has added an everyman banker in the middle for good measure.

The effigies - made from clay, wax, hair and the severed necks of sheep impaled on steel spikes - were erected without permission.

They are part of this week's Two Degrees Festival of "theatre, art and activism that confronts climate change head on".

John Jordan, 44, an artist-activist, said a radical approach was needed to tackle climate change and combining the imagination of artists with activists' dedication was one way to help.

"We're trying to get artists to engage their creativity in challenging the problem and finding a solution."