RUST NEVER SLEEPS

A summer afternoon meditation on locks, Malian musicians and gangsta rap.

I took the above photo when cycling around Greenwich peninsula and noted how what was once a Continental habit has begun taking place here - placing locks somewhere as symbolic of love or commitment or… or what? I’m unsure, never having felt any need to do so.

Its an odd, copycat gesture. I wonder if, once you have placed the lock on the cable (and, I g…