The story of Bristol's most famous square, from its early incarnation as a venue for bull-baiting through the 1831 riots to its recent restoration to its original eighteenth-century layout.
Some of Bristol's squares are architecturally grander, but when its history, design, landscaping and the great statue of William III are taken together, Queen Square -- the largest outside London -- remains the most important of them all for what it tells us about Bristol good and bad.