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Big Issue

This put a smile on my face all weekend.

 

This guy was run off his feet selling the Big Issue to the big queue. I reckon every 15-20 minutes he sold an entire bundle and had to nip off to pick up more. The atmosphere in the queue was great and he was loving it, chatting to everyone and happily posing for photos (top right).

 

The queue has been like this every day for the last two months.

 

Meanwhile, the Oxfam bookshop over the road had a sign in the window apologising that they'd now sold all the Banksy merchandise left by a "mystery donor", to the tune of £15,000.

 

Think what you like about Banksy, his work, his methods and his cult of anonymity, but it's hard not to love him for this.

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Uploaded on August 25, 2009