Trafalgar Square; West End,London, July 2008

The latest sculpture of Trafalgar Sqaure called Hotel for the Birds, by German artits Thomas Schütte. It replaced Marc Quinn's Alison Lapper Pregnant in November 2007. (for more see guardian)

'The so-called fourth plinth was intended for a King William IV statue, but a lack of funds meant it remained empty. Experts gave up trying to find a permanent fixture for it in the early 1990s, because no-one could agree on what was appropriate. In 2003, (former)London Mayor Ken Livingstone backed proposals for the plinth to be used as an ever-changing display of artworks( BBC News).