The Sultan’s Elephant

A few weeks ago, London was visited by a Sultan. He rode in on his elephant, here to find a girl giant who had landed on the Pall Mall in her space capsule. Together they spent the weekend wandering through Trafalgar Square and the Horse Guard Parade. At right is my photo of them napping in front of the National Gallery…

Sure, you can spend a million pounds in other, more tangibly efficacious ways, but I just love public art. And really, can you put a price on bringing together thousands of people from different countries, cultures and classes to chase after giant puppets in central London?

I think not.