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 ZABOU     Zabou is a French street artist based in London who has completed over 250 murals in 23 countries. zabou.me  official website. She travels and paints "to make the world a more colourful place, one wall at a time". Location: Woodgate Road, Forest Gate      This is the first of ten works by various artists commissioned by Newham Council in 2024.      The Jimi Hendrix Experience was actually the warm up band for The Pretty Things who failed to turn up and were replaced by John Lee Hooker. Charismatic former boxer Billy Walker's club only lasted one year. The last time I saw The Who it cost rather more than 17/6 - and ladies paid the same as gentlemen. Location: Brick Lane, Whitechapel        A  photograph  of Audrey Hepburn by Yousuf Karsh inspired this 2020 painting by Zabou. She added the white tulips as a refence to the hybrid Dutch variety named after Hepburn.      Location: The B...

  London Mural Festival part 5     Webheath Estate, Brondesbury:  Zabou      Zabou never fails to impress. Sisterhood features half-sisters Key and Mimi. Click here  for more of Zabou's London murals.                                       Smug      This mural of  June Rose Barber was part of the 2020 London Mural Festival. June, a Webheath Estate resident, died in 2023. She was 88 and had lived on the estate for over 50 years. Friends and neighbours organised a memorial service in front of June's mural - how nice.       Apart from these two huge portraits, Webheath Estate boasts a fine array of other street murals by renowned artists .....           I took the scenic route home starting with the top deck of the 189 bus from Brondesbury to Selfridges via Abbey Road, Because it was Something ...

  Penge Murals      April, 2025: Penge (or anywhere 'sarf of the river') would seem an unlikely place for a day trip in springtime. But it's only 30 minutes from Whitechapel on the Windrush Line (formerly Overground) and has some wonderful street art (and a Wetherspoons). Notable Penge people include bassist Bill Wyman and plumber Thomas Crapper.       See  https://streetartcities.com   for locations. Historian by Abraham.O The history of Moors and Christians or Historians is a traditional dance from El Salvador and also from other areas of Latin America. This dance was incorporated by the Iberian conquerors in the colonization stage of the American continent. In it they represented religious and war aspects. Mister Tris             Chica                                          Biosphere Tears by Rocket01 Zo...