“One of Britain’s defining landmarks, it lacks any of the elegance of London’s great urban spaces – such as St James’s, Bedford or Belgrave squares – or the historic drama of a Trafalgar Square or George Square, Glasgow. With its fumes and noise, this is not a place for congregating, strolling, or even protesting. Instead, outside the so-called Mother of Parliaments and abutting one of the finest abbeys in northern Europe, Britain boasts an oversized roundabout barely able to come to life on even the grandest state occasions.”