Messages of love, heartache and abuse have been daubed over a wall in an unusual event held by the Jewish Community Centre for London.

Messages on the Break Up Wall, in West Hampstead, included: “Alan, you remind me of my dad. I couldn’t quite get over it” and “Harri, you ticked every box but you need to get rid of your halitosis.”

Last week, lonely souls gathered at the wall to mark its closing with an evening of singers and storytellers.

Emma, 24, said: “I thought it would be fun to write about my ex-boyfriend. I’m over him but I want to humiliate him publicly — and this is the first step.”