statues – Page 2 – A LONDON MISCELLANY

On a wing and a prayer

Six Word Saturday Situated on Old Broad Street in the area of Austin Friars. It’s nice but why it’s there and what it has to say I have no idea.

2020 saw a spate of statue removals throughout the UK. Characters no longer deemed to be politically correct were consigned to the storeroom or in one case the dockside of history. I came across this empty plinth in Cavendish Square, and wondered who it was that had upset public opinion. Looking at the plinth I… Continue reading Washing History

Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells*

* I should probably clarify the title of this piece for those who aren’t aware of the phrase. It is a generic name used in the UK for a person with strongly conservative political views, who writes letters to the newspapers or the BBC in moral outrage. Disgusted is the pseudonym of the supposed letter writer, who is… Continue reading Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells*