Seven Noses of Soho

The lowdown

In 1997 the artist Rick Buckley quietly stuck a series of plaster casts of his own nose onto buildings around Soho and beyond, a sly protest against the spread of CCTV cameras, thumbing his nose at the surveillance state. Most were removed, but a handful survive, and hunting them down has become a free and slightly addictive London pastime.

Legend grew up that whoever finds all seven noses will come into untold riches. They are small, high up and easy to miss, on walls around Soho and nearby streets like Bateman Street and Meard Street. It is a free, fun and very offbeat way to see the West End looking up rather than ahead.