Sketch Diary: MonuMental

Why is London's Monument - the largest free-standing stone column in the world - not more famous and well-loved? Because it's built in memory of a fire, and not some great war-bastard, I reckon.


The view from the top, where an insanely paranoid health and safety viewing cage has been created, is, as the Scots say, fandabidozi. But you do have to share two square metres of cage with about 50 amateur photographers and wheezing tourists.
I've added a man falling to his death from the top to help give a sense of scale.