The Westminster City Council has not, as I write, voted
on the recommendation of its Town Planning Committee that all advertisements, particularly the illuminated signs, in Trafalgar Square shall be removed and hereafter remain banned. But there is little doubt, I understand, that the recommendation will in fact be endorsed. This is excellent news. Trafalgar Square has been described as the heart of the Empire. The head- quarters of two Dominion High Commissioners abut on it on east and west. The National Gallery lends it dignity to the north. The south, with its glare of commercial illuminations, is the offence. Public-spirited bodies like the London Society have long been pressing for their removal. Now, apparently, that is to be achieved. One organisation, B.O.A.C., appeals for an exception to be made in its favour. But you cannot make exceptions. Between " Bovril " on No. 7 Trafalgar Build- ings and "-B.O.A.C." on No. 8, there is nothing to choose aesthetically. There must be a ,clean sweep, and I trust that we shall be, able to read in Friday's papers that the Westminster City Council has made it. * *
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