Port Talbot graffiti by Andrew Fox

I’d gone down to the Port Talbot area in South Wales with a view to photographing the area, which had hit hard times as the home-grown steel industry battled against cheap foreign imports. Driving around, I found this wasteland underneath the M4 motorway.

As I studied the cafe, what looks to be an Anderson Shelter, and an old warehouse, I noticed the graffiti: “The Bitch Is Back”. Did the writer know it was an Elton John song? And why here? I have been back to the area since and the buildings have gone.