SO far, more than 22,000 people have expressed an interest in spending time on a plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square.
Needless to say, it is an arts project and it involves Antony Gormley (the Angel of the North chap) and a group called Artichoke.
Thousands of folk will spend an hour at a time on the plinth, 24 hours a day.
As long as it is not illegal, people can do what they want — challenging the idea that only some people, heroes or others who have served their country, have the right to occupy plinths.
One & Other, as it is called, is intended to present a portrait of the UK in the 21st century.
This gloriously pointless exercise runs from July 6 until October 14 and I found myself wondering if I should apply.
After due consideration I decided that there is little I could do up there that would be remotely representative of UK society.
Someday my plinth will come (I do not claim this as original) but I think I would prefer it to be after my death as a mark of regard from a grateful nation.
Yeah, right.
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