The new street art works popping up over the last few months have been reflecting the sign of the times. Lockdown has given us a chance to hugely appreciate the NHS – as in the shutters (painted by Atila) on Rise & Bloom and next door at Barry’s shop on Barry Road. We’ve been shopping local and travelling less, helping us pause and think about our consumption and climate change – as in Ant Carver’s Extinction Rebellion message of decaying woman and flowers mural on Felbrigg Road. Ingrid Beazley set a precedent for great street art in our community with her very ambitious “Baroque the Streets” idea bringing world reknown international artists to the area. Ingrid passed this project my way, just as a few works needed repairing and saving such as Stik’s “Couple in a Landscape” Hansler Road, and the 3 by Mrs Robinson, destined for the skip!  Even Conor Harrington’s “Fight Club” characters have a new anti-graffitti coating to preserve this iconic East Dulwich masterpiece. Repairs funding thanks to Southwark Council. It’s a …