‘Why is everyone in their nightclothes?’ Florence Nightingale. Photograph: UniversalImagesGroup/Getty ImagesIf 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, SuffolkPost your answers (and new questions) below or send them to nq@theguardian.com. A selection will be published next Sunday.

Source: The Guardian March 01, 2026 14:23 UTC