Top Gear: Chris Evans should never have apologised for Cenotaph stunt

Lutyens’ monument is one of Britain’s greatest public sculptures. But that doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with driving a fast car past the memorial.

The Cenotaph in London – arguably Britain’s greatest public sculpture – reinvented the war memorial when it was erected in 1920. It is shocking now to look at 18th- and 19th-century military memorials and find they only list the names of officers, as if these losses counted more than the deaths of men in other ranks.

Related: Top Gear: Chris Evans apologises for 'disrespectful' Cenotaph stunt

It makes no sense to complain that someone has driven a car in central London

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