Since the Give Peas A Chance incident, Helch has been spotted elsewhere on the M25, and also in other London locations including Harrow, South Kensington, Notting Hill, Waterloo, Lewisham and Paddington.Ī source, who claims to know Helch, told MyLondon that the artist is male and from the Harrow area so the concentration of tags in this part of London makes sense. I'm usually supportive of street artists but this idiot defaced peas." What we know about Helch so far Many people still resent Helch for defacing the original tag, it seems. The graffiti was later updated to read Give Helch A Break!! Motorists were fond of the play on words on the John Lennon song Give Peace A Chance and were upset when Peas was replaced by Helch. The artist leapt to notoriety when, in September 2018, he painted over the popular Give Peas A Chance graffiti on a bridge over the M25 in Buckinghamshire, close to the M40. 5 things we know about the mysterious 'HELCH' artist whose graffiti is all over London.How disappointing." Read More Related Articles
was my go to sign on the M25."Īnd another said: "So Helch is a person! So it could have said 'Boris is Steve' if the graffiti artist had a different tag? That doesn't even make sense. So Boris being Helch is entirely plausible.”Īnother wrote: "I’ve still not forgiven them for ‘Give Peas A Chance’.
One user, who goes by the name MadameGazelleIsMyHomegirl, wrote: "Helch is a cultureless egotistical a**e. It's got mums talking on popular forum Mumsnet and it is fair to say the majority of commenters aren't impressed by what they've seen.