Spray paint the walls of London. Four real places every writer in the city knows, alive with people walking past.
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Spray paint the walls of London. Four real places every writer in the city knows, alive with people walking past.
Get it on Meta QuestThe graffiti tunnel under Waterloo station: eighty metres of brick arch already covered in pieces, strip lights down the roof and daylight at both ends.
A Shoreditch street at golden hour. Roller shutters and the old warehouse wall under the bunting, the Overground over the railway bridge, a red bus going past the phone box.
The concrete banks of the skate spot under the concert hall, with the Thames, Big Ben and Parliament across the water and the giant wheel turning beside you.
The market wharf on the canal: old yellow-brick walls beside the lock gates, the iron footbridge, painted narrowboats, stalls and a cafe.
Brick, glazed tile, board-marked concrete and steel shutters, each with its own real surface for the paint to sit in.
A full colour wheel on X and skinny, medium and fat caps on A. Hold the can still and close, and the paint runs.
26 letters plus stars, crowns, bolts, hearts and arrows. Stick one on a wall, spray over it, peel it off.
Londoners walk the pavements, chat, sit at cafe tables and stop to photograph the walls. Trains, buses, boats and Big Ben keep the city moving.
