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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 […]
Thumbs up
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 …
Invasion of my tasty ice cream
Fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, London, August 2020 Now over to all of you. Do come and join us in our Saturday six-word musings. I’ll admit that many of us […]
The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist
This week I am openly breaking the 6-word rule, but my excuse is that I need to tell you about the double-sixth (aka 12th) work to appear on the […]
Thumbs up in Trafalgar Square
This 7 metre high sculpture of a hand with an ascending thumb is the 11th artwork to sit on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth. This piece is the work of David Shrigley, […]
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 […]
Night-time Blues
Linked to Blue Monday, Our World Tuesday and Outdoor Wednesday.
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 […]
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 […]
