London has paid a belated tribute to the Anglo-Irish writer, Oscar Wilde, who shocked Victorian Britain a century ago with his homosexuality.

A statue of Wilde has been unveiled by his grandson in the heart of London's theatreland.

After Shakespeare, Wilde's plays are the most performed and translated around the world.

But at the peak of his career, Oscar Wilde was jailed for his homosexuality, which in the nineteenth century was a criminal offence subject to severe punishment.

He died in exile in France in 1900.