HARLOW STREET ART
H A R L O W S T R E E T A R T Yes, Harlow, Essex - not renowned as a hotbed of street art. Following my trip to Portsmouth, I was checking out Street Art Cities for some more murals to visit and spotted a recent glut of sightings in Harlow, just a 20-mile drive up the M11. It reminded me that my car service was due - in Harlow. It turns out t here was a mural festival there in March. And most of the artworks are a short bus ride from my garage. There's also a Wetherspoons. Talk about getting all your ducks in a row. So, having dropped my car off early, I hopped on a bus to The William Aylmer for breakfast (the Aylmer family's home of Moor Hall was a grand classical-style house which was once Harlow's most important residence. It no longer exists). This spacious Spoons, which does a nice bacon sarnie and has bottomless coffee for just £1.33, must be one of the quietest I'v...