In July we posted about the exhibition of Yinka Shonibare’s Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square.  There was an interesting symmetry in the display of Nelson’s ship, Victory, in a bottle, on a plinth, in a square named for Nelson’s greatest and last victory onboard HMS Victory.

At the time I didn’t fully appreciate what an interesting performance space the Fourth Plinth has become.  Recently, among many other performers and performances,  there has been a man dressed as a 17th century pirate telling bad pirate puns ( in the video the pirate punster is preceded and followed by singers)  as well as a topless plinth pole dancer and a topless body painter.  Nothing terribly nautical about the last two, except that sailors have always been supporters of the arts, particularly when undressed women are involved.