The statue of Admiral Nelson on the top of a Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square is now sporting a fancy new hat featuring a Union Jack and an Olympic torch. Nelson would have likely approved. He was known as a rather flashy … Continue reading
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Sam Willis has written what appears to be a fascinating book – Fighting Temeraire. J.M.W. Turner’s painting, The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to her Last Berth to be Broken Up, hangs in the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square and was recently … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading