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A recent walk in Trafalgar Square

The latest fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square: Antelope by Samson Kambalu On a recent walk through Trafalgar Square, I saw the latest fourth plinth, a sculpture restaging a 1914 photograph […]

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Hahn by Katharina Fritsch, on the Forth PlinthTrafalgar Square, London, August 2013 The blue cock brightened the fourth plinth from July 2013 until February 2015, when it moved to the […]
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The Really Good Fourth Plinth by David Shrigley, Trafalgar Square, London, October 2016   – Copyright Debbie Smyth, 9 January 2021 Posted as part of Becky’s January SquareUp …
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Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth

-Look Up, Look Down Challenge, Week 80 Every Thursday, I publish a post containing photos taken from above or below, and invite you to join in the challenge by posting your own […]

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Around Trafalgar Square

When Trafalgar Square was designed in the 1840s, two fountains were included, apparently to reduce the amount of open space available for riotous assembly! The original fountains were replaced in the late 1930s at a […]

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The Fourth Plinth gets the Blues

There is a plinth at each corner of Trafalgar Square. The two plinths on the south side carry sculptures of Henry Havelock and Charles James Napier. The northeastern plinth, carries an equestrian statue of George […]