Largest shark sculpture attached to a house

In a typical house of English terraced houses, visitors to 2 High Street in Headington, Oxford, UK, are amazed to see what appears to be a giant shark crashing in through the tiled roof. Commissioned by Radio Oxford presenter Bill Heine, the 7.6-m-long (25-ft) fibreglass shark was created by sculptor John Buckley and – having been erected on the 41st anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki – conceived as a protest against nuclear power and weapons. It is officially called "Untitled 1986". Prior to commissioning his shark sculpture in Oxford, Bill Heine, as the owner of a local cinema called "The Moulin Rouge" (later changed to "Not the Moulin Rouge"), had already commissioned a giant pair of kicking can-can legs to go outside. Both these legs and the shark proved highly controversial, not least with the local planners who tried (unsuccessfully) to have them removed.

Bill, an American who had originally attended a military academy, at first worked for the United States Senate. He then studied law at Balliol College in Oxford during the late 1960s, a city which he called "glorious", until a death threat made him realize some of the darker, more threatening aspects of the world. Having been interviewed many times about the shark sculpture, he was invited to join the local radio station and now works as a radio presenter and political journalist for BBC Radio Oxford, where he has interviewed many leading politicians, including the UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Bill has published two books, one about his radio career, Heinstein of the Airwaves (2008), and another about the shark sculpture, The Hunting of the Shark (2011). Now established as an eccentric and much loved character of Oxford, he has described his time there as "like living on holiday". His favourite food is a mix of bean sprouts, raw carrot and mashed yeast.