It seemed the debate over Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth was settled: after Boris' election pledge to install a statue of Sir Keith Park was shot down, the space would continue to home modern art. But perhaps not: Prospect magazine reckons Westminster council plans to erect a statue of our dear Queen once she's pegged it. Like her nearby relative George IV, the scheme would see Liz on horseback, though we're not sure that would be......

Changes are coming to Trafalgar Square and the Fourth Plinth. It was announced today that new installations by Antony Gormley and Yinka Shonibare will be the next works to grace the plinth. Currently occupied by Thomas Schutte's "Model for a Hotel" (the colourful scaffolding looking structure), Gormley's proposal for the plinth is called "One and Other," a project meant to last for 100 days. His work will involved 2,400 people standing on the plinth......

Archiving is so important these days. Here's our vision of the ideal place to display former Fourth Plinth occupants. 'Old Stumpy' next to Blackfriars Bridge provides twelve storage pedestals for the growing collection of erstwhile Trafalgar Square plinthians. And how about employing Battersea Power Station's chimneys for the generally larger Turbine Hall sculptures? Got a vision for London that's even skewier than the Mayor's? Send your ideas and images to londonist - at -......

There's a Spitfire in Trafalgar Square today. Not a Banksy Spitfire, amusingly positioned so it looks like it is crashed into the steps leading from the National Gallery. It's not propped up between the lions by a protest group and it's not there as a misguided celebration of Prince Harry's safe return to England. It's there to launch a campaign to put a statue of Sir Keith Park on the fourth plinth and do......