// Shoreditch Street art, Shoreditch
market opens daily and is a great place to hang out. As well as cutting edge fashion, bits and pieces for the home and original art, there’s a great choice of restaurants and bars.
Their next market stop was Boxpark Shoreditch. This opened a few years ago as the world’s first pop-up shopping mall. Mr Jones was intrigued to see that it has been created out of shipping containers. Mrs Jones was more concerned with browsing amongst the street food, clothing and lifestyle stores.
The Hoxton
described as one of the most influential street artists in the world. His work became more widely known during the Barack Obama ‘Hope’ poster campaign.
Walking up Fashion Street, the tour revealed street art painted onto the side of buildings. Here were works by Conor Harrington (who has worked with U2), Chilean artist Otto Schade and Mr Fahrenheit.
Their guide directed them into a car park off Brick Lane. This turned out to be a mecca for street art. Here, Mrs Jones found one of her favourites. The striking woman painted in shades of purple was by street artist, Mr Cenz. Mr Jones enjoyed looking at the controversial pieces of street art here, some including President Trump, and others featuring our current Prime Minister.
The final surprise on the tour was a piece of art by the infamous Banksy. This one had been protected by perspex to keep it from being vandalised - quite ironic Mr Jones thought.
MARKETS Mrs Jones loves a good market and was spoilt for choice around Shoreditch. Spitalfields is close to Liverpool Street station. This
Columbia Road Flower Market
The next two markets were saved for Sunday. While Mr Jones got a bit huffy about being dragged along to Columbia Road Flower Market before 10am, he soon understood the appeal. While Columbia Road is filled with independent shops and cafes, it is completely transformed into a green oasis every Sunday morning. Mr Jones parked himself in a coffee shop, while Mrs Jones joined the hordes and came away with a mass of pink peonies and an orchid under each arm.
Their final market call was the Old Truman Brewery in Brick Lane. It houses a colourful market every Sunday, where up and coming designers set up shop. They finished up with a wander past all the curry houses along Brick Lane, and a salt beef bagel from Beigel Bake.
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