“Britannia” burglar alarm, City of Westminster • You’d think invasion was a bad subject for burglar alarms – let alone for a country – but both Britain and security firms seem to revel in our colonisation by Rome. Thus there are quite a few alarms on a “Romans in Britain” theme – or, as this one more accurately puts it, in Britannia. I prefer Britannia’s older two designs, here, assuming it’s the same firm. But thankfully they’ve retained the Union Jack (or Union Flag, as we’re boringly supposed to call it these days), and are to be applauded for depicting only the fourth woman I’ve come across on a sounder. However Boadicea might have been better, as she at least tried to keep the Romans at bay.• Spotted: Strand, City of Wetminster, London, WC2, England, 2011 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and Westminster
