Back in 2009 a lot of the murals on the Reynolds Way wall were replaced. The originals had been subjects chosen by local young people in 2002, including a St George Flag, a Saky Tag, and a picture of Muhammed Ali. Ali was well remembered down that way because he used to visit a house in Saxton Road to see an old friend and supporter.

Perhaps there should be a road sign or something in his memory, not just a makeshift poster on the back of a telephone box.

(Thanks to Martin for the link in the comments. Here are pictures of Muhammed Ali in Abingdon from the BBC.)

There are a number of Abingdon venues open for Oxfordshire Artweeks this week. St Ethelwolds has art from Berlin in an exhibition called ‘For your walls’.

Downstairs the work of Walter Lindner (1936-2007) is being exhibited –

finishing 6pm this Sunday (22nd). Simon, who runs the exhibition, is a fan and wants to make Walter’s work better known.

Upstairs in the Sanctuary are some other Berlin print makers including one by a ‘German Banksy’.

Meanwhile this coming Saturday at  Mind, in the Charter, from 10am – 1pm there is a second chance to see their exhibition on Identify, and even create artwork yourself.

Using sculpture, painting/drawing, photography and the written word, the exhibition looks at who we are, what we know about ourselves, how we acquire our identities and what happens when we lose a positive or coherent sense of self.

On one side of Audlett Drive are fairly modern houses. Along the other side runs an 800 metre long hedge, beyond which are fields, and Wick Hall, nowadays divided into apartments.

Follow the hedge along and you can see things cut in relief into the hedge.

Have a nice day.

Here are a couple of pictures of the Stratton Way underpass at night – at its most atmospheric.

The 1980s mural decorating the Stratton Way underpass was repainted by the original artists, Margaret and Gwynne Jones, in 2007. As well as showing off some important characters in Abingdon’s history, the artwork brightens what would otherwise be a murky underpass.