Headington Shark
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Untitled 1986, commonly known as the Headington Shark, is a rooftop sculpture located at 2 New High Street, Headington, Oxford, England, depicting a large shark embedded head-first in the roof of a ho
The Headington Shark in 2021
Bill Heine
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William Randolph Heine was an American-born British radio broadcaster and writer based in Oxford, England.
Headington Shark
…art, put up without permission, to be symbolic of bombs crashing into buildings. The shark first appeared on 9 August 1986 on the roof of the house of Bill Heine, an American-born radio presenter. He and sculptor John Buckley came up with the idea while drinking wine on the street, and imagined the shark as a…
Heine's house with The Headington Shark in Headington, Oxford, England