Wayne Moran Photography<p>The fountain at Trafalgar Square, with its continuous flow of water, serves as a profound metaphor for time, movement, and the ever-changing nature of life. Just as the water never stops, neither does the world around it—people come and go, history unfolds, and the city pulses with energy. </p><p><a href="https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-fountain-trafalgar-square-london-england-wayne-moran.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fineartamerica.com/featured/th</span><span class="invisible">e-fountain-trafalgar-square-london-england-wayne-moran.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://photog.social/tags/TrafalgarSquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrafalgarSquare</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/london" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>london</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/england" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>england</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/landscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landscape</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/travelphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travelphotography</span></a></p><p><a href="https://photog.social/tags/AYearForArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AYearForArt</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/buyintoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buyintoArt</span></a></p>
Recent searches
No recent searches
Search options
Only available when logged in.
mastodon.ie is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
Irish Mastodon - run from Ireland, we welcome all who respect the community rules and members.
Administered by:
Server stats:
1.8Kactive users
mastodon.ie: About · Profiles directory · Privacy policy
Mastodon: About · Get the app · Keyboard shortcuts · View source code · v4.3.7
#trafalgarsquare
2 posts · 2 participants · 0 posts today
Rhandos<p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/london" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>london</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/trafalgarsquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trafalgarsquare</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/nightphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nightphotography</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fotografie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fotografie</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Change of Heart" is a song by American singer and songwriter <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CyndiLauper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyndiLauper</span></a>, released on November 11, 1986 as the second single from her second album, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TrueColors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrueColors</span></a> (1986). It went gold in the US, peaking at No. 3 on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hot100" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hot100</span></a>. The song was written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/singersongwriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>singersongwriter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EssraMohawk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EssraMohawk</span></a>. Popular remixes by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ShepPettibone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShepPettibone</span></a> were also released. A <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/musicVideo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musicVideo</span></a> was produced for the song, filmed in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TrafalgarSquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrafalgarSquare</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a>. It features Lauper. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGV1xTgJf0Q" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=LGV1xTgJf0Q</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Il Simone ViaggiatoreCabo Trafalgar, Andalusia.<br>
<br>
Qui vicino, in passato si tenne una battaglia navale molto importante, quella tra la flotta spagnola e la flotta inglese. La seconda non riportò neppure una perdita, mentre la prima subì la disfatta.<br>
<br>
Per questo motivo ancora oggi esiste a Londra "Trafalgar Square", piazza che commemora quell'evento.<br>
<br>
Ma questa bella spiaggia con il suo faro e l'oceano colori verde smeraldo non sanno più nulla dei litigi di noi umani, e offrono a chiunque dei bei momenti passati a passeggiare, nuotare, fare surf.<br>
<br>
Una raccomandazione: lì intorno non ci sono molti paesi e su booking si trovano sistemazioni un po' ingannevoli: spesso si tratta di container a uso abitativo, casette prefabbricate di basso livello ma affittate a prezzi alti. Inoltre, non ci sono Paesi veri e propri ma aggregati di case che hanno attorno strade fangose e senza asfalto, dove circolare in automobile può diventare un problema in caso di pioggia.<br>
<br>
Se ami fare surf e sei consapevole di tutto ciò, questo posto rimane fantastico e, almeno in inverno, c'è poca gente.<br>
<br>
<a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/spagna?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spagna</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/trafalgar?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trafalgar</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/andalusia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#andalusia</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/spiaggia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spiaggia</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/surf?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surf</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/faro?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#faro</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/oceano?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oceano</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/kitesurf?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kitesurf</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/atlantico?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atlantico</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/travelblog?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travelblog</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/travelblogger?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travelblogger</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/simoneviaggiatore?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#simoneviaggiatore</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/fotografia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fotografia</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/travelvlog?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travelvlog</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/travelvlogger?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travelvlogger</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/traveldestination?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#traveldestination</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/trafalgarsquare?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trafalgarsquare</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/fotografare?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fotografare</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/seascape?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#seascape</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/seascapephotograpy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#seascapephotograpy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/landscapephotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#landscapephotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/lighthouse?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lighthouse</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/paesaggiomarino?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paesaggiomarino</a>
Il Simone ViaggiatoreCano Trafalgar, Andalusia.<br>
<br>
Qui vicino in passato si tenne una battaglia navale molto importante, quella tra la flotta spagnola e la flotta inglese. La seconda non riportò neppure una perdita, mentre la prima subì la disfatta.<br>
<br>
Per questo motivo ancora oggi esiste a Londra "Trafalgar Square", piazza che commemora quell'evento.<br>
<br>
Ma questa bella spiaggia con il suo faro e l'oceano colori verde smeraldo non sanno più nulla dei litigi di noi umani, e offrono a chiunque dei bei momenti passati a passeggiare, nuotare, fare surf.<br>
<br>
Una raccomandazione: lì intorno non ci sono molti paesi e su booking si trovano sistemazioni un po' ingannevoli: spesso sintratta di container a uso abitativo, casette prefabbricate di basso livello ma affittate a prezzi alti. Inoltre, non ci sono Paesi veri e propri ma aggregati di case che hanno attorno strade fangose e senza asfalto, dice circolare diventa un problema se piove.<br>
<br>
Se ami fare surf e sei consapevole di tutto ciò, questo posto rimane fantastico e almeno in inverno c'è poca gente.<br>
<br>
<a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/spagna?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spagna</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/trafalgar?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trafalgar</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/andalusia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#andalusia</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/spiaggia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spiaggia</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/surf?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surf</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/faro?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#faro</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/oceano?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oceano</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/kitesurf?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kitesurf</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/atlantico?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atlantico</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/travelblog?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travelblog</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/travelblogger?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travelblogger</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/simoneviaggiatore?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#simoneviaggiatore</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/fotogravia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fotogravia</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/travelvlog?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travelvlog</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/travelvlogger?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travelvlogger</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/traveldestination?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#traveldestination</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/trafalgarsquare?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trafalgarsquare</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/fotografare?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fotografare</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/seascape?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#seascape</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/seascapephotograpy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#seascapephotograpy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/landscapephotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#landscapephotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/lighthouse?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lighthouse</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.uno/discover/tags/paesaggiomarino?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paesaggiomarino</a>
David Allan<p>Evening falls in London's Trafalgar Square, one of the capital's great meeting places.<br>In the foreground the silhouetted bronze statue of George IV by Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey.<br>Originally, the impressive sculpture, which depicts the King dressed in ancient Roman attire and riding bareback, was going to be placed on top of Marble Arch, but was placed in its current location following the King's death.<br>On a somewhat lighter note, Nelson's Column always reminds me of one of my favourite children's TV programmes, in particular, the one that featured presenter John Noakes scaling its dizzy heights to help clean off the pigeon poo!<br><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/london" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>london</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/trafalgarsquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trafalgarsquare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/england" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>england</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/evening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evening</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/iconic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iconic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/phptography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phptography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/landscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landscape</span></a></p>
Mal<p><a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/PublicArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicArt</span></a>. This is the best term for it, not statues or street art, because the public is involved, so you know you gotta think about the public response - intended and incidental - as well as the artist's intention.</p><p>Older public art is particularly interesting because of change. Mostly - but not always - the artist's intentions don't change over time, but the public's reaction certainly does.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/TrafalgarSquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrafalgarSquare</span></a> is a good example. It was built 180 years ago or so. Later than you might think, but earlier than I expected. It commemorates a naval battle of the <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/NapoleonicWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NapoleonicWars</span></a>, but it wasn't originally going to - they were going to call it <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/WilliamIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WilliamIV</span></a> Square or something. The theme changed from <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/royalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>royalism</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/militarism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>militarism</span></a>, but that change isn't visible in the statues.</p><p>After 1815 and before about 1880, the <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/BritishEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishEmpire</span></a> was mainly <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/WestIndies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestIndies</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a>, and an archipelago of <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/navy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>navy</span></a> bases dotted around the world. The <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> was figuring out how to deal with its <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democratic</span></a> deficit, so there were a series of reactionary governments that paradoxically passed <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/ReformBills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReformBills</span></a> to extend the franchise. There were <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labour</span></a> riots, and an <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/industrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>industrial</span></a> boom, and huge cities - particularly <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a>, but also <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Manchester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Manchester</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Birmingham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birmingham</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Liverpool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liverpool</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Belfast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Belfast</span></a> - growing like galloping weeds over the countryside. This was <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Dickens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dickens</span></a> 's England. This was the time of <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/TheMakingOfTheEnglishWorkingClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheMakingOfTheEnglishWorkingClass</span></a>.</p><p>So what did they mean at the time by building Trafalgar Square? It has <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> value. Lord <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Nelson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nelson</span></a> was a controversial figure in his own time, but I can imagine the Duke of <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Wellington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wellington</span></a> trying to link his own political fortunes to a safely-dead hero in the 1830s. The square was built with <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/parliamentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parliamentary</span></a> approval and funding, and with quite a lot of public subscription too - though what a 'public' means in that context isn't obvious. Probably wealthy <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/industrialists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>industrialists</span></a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/techbros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techbros</span></a> of the age, but I'm guessing.</p><p>Since it was built, more - but much smaller - naval commemorations have been added. So its original goals weren't forgotten, but extended - artist intentionality changing over time.</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Suffragettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Suffragettes</span></a> used Trafalgar Square extensively for protests. I think we can reasonably link their use of the square to the original political use of the square. It was built in an era of Reform Bills that didn't reform the vote for <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a>. They could hardly do better than to make their protest clear in a space which modeled the thing they were protesting about - a powerful, militarist, partly-democratic England that didn't include women.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> also used Trafalgar Square for protests. One of my favourite photos is of <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/KeirHardy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeirHardy</span></a> - the Keir who the current prime minister is named for - speaking from the base of <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/NelsonsColumn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonsColumn</span></a> in 1908. You have to know about it, but Trafalgar Square is a labour monument.</p><p>And to this day, Trafalgar Square is a traditional rally point for demonstrations and protests. No important London protest or demo happens without going through Trafalgar Square.</p><p>This use of their commemorative art would be totally alien to people who funded its construction. They're more likely to have been the backers of the <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/PeterlooMassacre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterlooMassacre</span></a>.</p><p>The square was famously sandbagged during the Second World War, to preserve it from being damaged, and I gather many Londoners at the time considered that to be symbolic of resistance and survival. So the art became invisible to the public, but people were still aware of it.</p><p>These days, Trafalgar Square is a landmark of London, in many ways as iconic and the Eiffel Tower in Paris. That might please its builders, but probably wasn't what they expected. It's also a rendezvous point, with its tube station and its buses. A gathering place. It hosts incidental modern art on the famous empty plinth. </p><p>Public art is inspirational. This is just Trafalgar Square - all the things I've seen give me the shivers when I think about how much embattled history is locked up in stone and bronze, under which people eat sandwiches, kiss lovers, wave placards, make speeches, and which get periodic paint douses, get stood on, relabeled and reinterpreted, dressed up and eventually pulled down.</p><p>Another time I'll write about other public art I've seen. <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/StPetersburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StPetersburg</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Moscow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moscow</span></a> are rather heavy on such art, but there is so much important stuff to say about it.</p>
BenA statue in London<br>
<br>
<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/trafalgarsquare?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trafalgarsquare</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/england?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#england</a>
DionyZack 🍉✊🏽♀️🌿<p>✊🏽actu militante✊ Rassemblement à Trafalgar Square à Londres pour honorer les morts de Gaza: CAPJPO-Europalestine
-- ACTUALITÉS, VIDÉOS <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Gaza" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23TrafalgarSquare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrafalgarSquare</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CAPJPO" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CAPJPO</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Europalestine" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Europalestine</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Solidarit%C3%A9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Solidarité</a><br><br><a href="http://dlvr.it/THQK7M" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rassemblement à Trafalgar Squa...</a></p>
Velocipede Rider<p>How it started, how it ended. </p><p>The tree and I made the same trip. It was cut down 25mins walk from my home and now its in <a href="https://velocipederider.com/tags/TrafalgarSquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrafalgarSquare</span></a></p><p><a href="https://velocipederider.com/tags/Grefsenkleiva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grefsenkleiva</span></a> <a href="https://velocipederider.com/tags/Oslo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oslo</span></a> <a href="https://velocipederider.com/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> <a href="https://velocipederider.com/tags/ChristmasTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristmasTree</span></a></p>
David Perris<a href="https://pix.anduin.net/discover/tags/Xmas?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Xmas</a> <a href="https://pix.anduin.net/discover/tags/Christmas?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Christmas</a> market <a href="https://pix.anduin.net/discover/tags/TrafalgarSquare?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrafalgarSquare</a> <a href="https://pix.anduin.net/discover/tags/London?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#London</a> 2024
Photochromprints<p>Trafalgar Square and National Gallery, London, England between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of the British Isles England London </p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/TrafalgarSquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrafalgarSquare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/NationalGallery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGallery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/NelsonsColumn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonsColumn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/SomersetHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomersetHouse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Heinles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heinles</span></a>&Co <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/historicalPhotos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historicalPhotos</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002696934/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">loc.gov/pictures/item/20026969</span><span class="invisible">34/</span></a></p>
Photochromprints<p>Trafalgar Square, from National Gallery, London, England between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of the British Isles England London </p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/TrafalgarSquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrafalgarSquare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/NationalGallery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGallery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/historicalPhotos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historicalPhotos</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002696933/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">loc.gov/pictures/item/20026969</span><span class="invisible">33/</span></a></p>
Karin<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://photog.social/@FotoVorschlag" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FotoVorschlag</span></a></span> 'Fenster sakraler Gebäude' </p><p><a href="https://rheinneckar.social/tags/FotoVorschlag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FotoVorschlag</span></a> <a href="https://rheinneckar.social/tags/Fensterfreitag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fensterfreitag</span></a> <a href="https://rheinneckar.social/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> <a href="https://rheinneckar.social/tags/TrafalgarSquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrafalgarSquare</span></a></p>
Photochromprints<p>London. Trafalgar Square ca. 1890-1906 Plazas,Fountains,Trafalgar Square (London, England),Great Britain England London </p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/TrafalgarSquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrafalgarSquare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/historicalPhotos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historicalPhotos</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017650164/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">loc.gov/pictures/item/20176501</span><span class="invisible">64/</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Change of Heart" is a song by American singer and songwriter <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CyndiLauper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyndiLauper</span></a>, released on November 11, 1986 as the second single from her second album, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TrueColors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrueColors</span></a> (1986). It went gold in the US, peaking at No. 3 on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hot100" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hot100</span></a>. The song was written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/singersongwriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>singersongwriter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EssraMohawk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EssraMohawk</span></a>. Popular remixes by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ShepPettibone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShepPettibone</span></a> were also released. A <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/musicVideo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musicVideo</span></a> was produced for the song, filmed in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TrafalgarSquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrafalgarSquare</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a>. It features Lauper. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHHlByuxxsg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=nHHlByuxxs</span><span class="invisible">g</span></a></p>
DB 🌱💦<p>A national day of action was called in the UK in support of Palestine. Protests took place in over 40 towns and cities, from <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Oxford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oxford</span></a> to <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orkney</span></a> - from <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Liverpool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liverpool</span></a> to <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Luton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Luton</span></a>. </p><p>30k protested in <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/TrafalgarSquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrafalgarSquare</span></a>. They brought with them flowers & kids' toys. When they left the Square at the end of the rally they went to lay these at <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/10Downing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>10Downing</span></a> St. to commemorate the 1000s of <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinians</span></a> murdered by Israel. Before leaving they held a spontaneous minute of silence. <br>c: @BenJamalpsc on X</p>
Cornovia Postcards<p>Trafalgar Square, London, 1912 - Valentine's Postcard</p><p><a href="https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/trafalgar-square-london-1912-valentine-s-postcard-221000246.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ebid.net/uk/for-sale/trafalgar</span><span class="invisible">-square-london-1912-valentine-s-postcard-221000246.htm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/TrafalgarSquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrafalgarSquare</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/Postcard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Postcard</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/Postcards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Postcards</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TrafalgarSquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrafalgarSquare</span></a>’s 15th <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FourthPlinthCommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthPlinthCommission</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/revealed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revealed</span></a> and it <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/displays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>displays</span></a> more than 700 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nonbinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonbinary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/faces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faces</span></a> in a bid to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/empower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empower</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TeresaMargolles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeresaMargolles</span></a>’ <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sculpture</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MilVecesunInstante" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilVecesunInstante</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AThousandTimesinanInstant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AThousandTimesinanInstant</span></a>), promotes <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rights</span></a>. The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/artwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artwork</span></a> is made up of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/plastercasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plastercasts</span></a> of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/faces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faces</span></a> of 726 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nonbinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonbinary</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/gendernonconforming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gendernonconforming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/victims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>victims</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Representation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Representation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/09/19/trafalgar-squares-fourth-plinth-powerfully-displays-hundreds-of-trans-and-non-binary-faces/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thepinknews.com/2024/09/19/tra</span><span class="invisible">falgar-squares-fourth-plinth-powerfully-displays-hundreds-of-trans-and-non-binary-faces/</span></a></p>
Cornovia Postcards<p>Trafalgar Square, London, c.1905 - Postcard</p><p><a href="https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/trafalgar-square-london-c-1905-postcard-220979081.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ebid.net/uk/for-sale/trafalgar</span><span class="invisible">-square-london-c-1905-postcard-220979081.htm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/TrafalgarSquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrafalgarSquare</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/Postcard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Postcard</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.business/tags/Postcards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Postcards</span></a></p>
ExploreLive feeds
Mastodon is the best way to keep up with what's happening.
Follow anyone across the fediverse and see it all in chronological order. No algorithms, ads, or clickbait in sight.
Create accountLoginDrag & drop to upload