Hollow Earth

Hewn at night from the garage door of a car-park on Great Sutton Street by some wanton hooligan. Actually I'm pretty certain it isn't, after all Banksy's work usually comes complete with some gauche conceptual gag doesn't it? And this is just a stencil of a cassette. Which is why I liked it obviously.....

The case in favour of it being a Banksy is that this area is strewn with his work. Some are quite old now, like the rats at the corner of Smithfield Market and the cash machine with the robot arm lifting up the girl at the foot of Roseberry Avenue. However, and this is why I became a late convert, there are more recent pieces like the rather charming cat, spoon and mouse on Whitecross Street which post-date his gallery celebrity. There's obviously no need for him to still create street art now, and the fact that he persists I think makes him more credible.