In July and August 2014 this photograph was exhibited as an advertising hoarding in Carntynehall Road, Glasgow, as part of the celebrations of the Commonwealth Games. The image as about 15 feet [approximately 4.5 metres] wide.

Shortly after the Games concluded I heard that the city council felt that it was a safety hazard and it would have to be removed as it could distract drivers as the turned the sharp corner nearby. A sort of compliment, I suppose.

At 7.45am on the 26th of September two men arrived with a white van, a ladder and scrappers and set about the image. Their task was hard and progress slowed as their weariness increased. It took them a full day to finally remove it. Defiant to the last.