Plinth bid by Capital artist

AN Edinburgh-born artist is among those battling to have their ideas selected as the next work to stand on Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth.

Hew Locke has lived in Guyana and returned to the UK to study a BA in fine art at Falmouth and an MA in sculpture at the Royal College of Art.

His concept for the plinth, along with those of five other shortlisted artists, will be unveiled next month, with the wining entry taking its place in Britain's "premier public art spot" after Nelson's Ship in a Bottle by Yinka Shonibare is taken down at the end of 2011.