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Welcome back to The Video Game City Week. Next stop: statues.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Horseback Monument<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nStatues are important. With egg<\/a> still drying on the bronzed face of Margaret Thatcher\u2019s newly unveiled Grantham statue (too controversial for its intended spot in Parliament Square), it\u2019d be hard to argue otherwise. If you want to learn about a city, just look at its monuments \u2014 they mark the past, freezing idealised moments in time. But just as importantly, they point to the future \u2014 a figure\u2019s raised sword directing our eyes towards a desired horizon. For as keen as London\u2019s National Gallery is to teach us about Rembrandt and Van Gogh, it\u2019s really the 150 foot tall column, flanked by lions, outside that most aptly captures our continued Imperial ambitions and fractured Nationalist psyche.\n<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – eurogamer.net<\/p>\n

All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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