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What if Shakespeare was dropped in modern-day London?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions looks at the ultimate fish-out-of-water situation

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🕒 01 Mar 2026 21:00

What if Shakespeare was dropped in modern-day London?

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If William Shakespeare – or Florence Nightingale, or Attila the Hun, or Julius Caesar, or Jane Austen, or Pocahontas – was dropped in Trafalgar Square, London, what would they find most unusual? And how would we explain it to them? Giles, Suffolk

Post your answers (and new questions) below or send them to nq@theguardian.com. A selection will be published next Sunday.

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