Tag: Duke of Wellington

Scots capitalise on advertising opportunity as posters are plastered on infamous cone atop Duke of Wellington statue 

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THE infamous cone on the head of the Duke of Wellington statue in Glasgow has been exploited for advertising space by cunning Scots.  A cultural...

Glasgow University invites city to explain “the cone” to a baffled world

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ONE of Britain's top universities has asked Glasgwegians to explain their fondness for sticking traffic cones on top of statues. The University of Glasgow, part...

Reveller’s masterclass on doing Scotland’s best-known cone on statue stunt

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A REVELLER has been caught on video giving a masterclass on how to do the country's most famous traffic-cone-on-a-statue trick. The Equestrian statue of the...

Duke of Wellington and the cone debate reignited by new hotel design

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GLASGOW’S most iconic and debated image - the Duke of Wellington with a traffic cone on his head - is now pride of place...

Glasgow statues given spooky red LED eyes

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JOKERS have given two Glasgow statues LED lights for eyes. Passers-by spotted the spooky addition to 94-year-old statues in the Kelvin Walkway in the West...

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