"Nobody ever listened to me until they didn't know who I was"

It was a Manhattan Bar in the late 1990s. The restaurant was busy as usual and the maitre'd offered a bar stool. The trip was non descript.

There's always a certain friction when visiting New York. Traffic, cost and time consumption for the usual & routine. But, plenty of delights as well. It's always fascinating to chat with locals and visitors alike. Pre Uber (a mystery later solved), I often dialed Dial7 for a car.


I always enjoyed watching the visuals above and below ground.

The bartender went on and on about a concert later that evening. Massive Attack. Ah, I knew it and enjoyed their music.

Little did I know and much like my Uber - who made that happen - mystery, that the Banksy question would later be solved and shared. Hidden in plain sight!

Simon Gardner, James Pearson & Blake Morrison:
The British street artist’s identity has been debated, and closely guarded, for decades. A quest to solve the riddle took Reuters from a bombed-out Ukrainian village to London and downtown Manhattan — and uncovered much more than a name.


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