July 8th 2005 drawings made from memory of the events of July 7th 2005

In a series of fifty-nine sketches, the artist John Hewitt conveyed his personal experiences and impressions of the 7/7 London suicide bombings. Drawn from memory several days after the attacks, the sketches are annotated with handwritten commentary from the artist and chronicle his movement across the city that day.

On the morning of 7 July 2005, four suicide bombers attacked central London's transport network, detonating bombs on the underground and on a double-decker bus. The attacks, which killed fifty-two people and injured hundreds, took place the day after it was announced that the capital would host the Olympic Games in 2012 and during the 31st G8 summit.

This one carries the description: "I ask an older building worker when it happened. He gestures at his watch and says about 12 minutes ago - He looks down the road - says they blew up the bus - he says look you can see blood all up the wall. I look and you can see streaks of dark red on the brick and stonework in the distance. Someone says something about a torso on a car bonnet. All I can see of the bus is the very end of it with a bit of red metal twisted back like a hook where the top deck was. I walk on towards Euston, but feel quite bad cos I said 'Poor bastards' to the builder, then think I was wrong to say Bastards."