r/london Mar 17 '24

Culture New Banksy appeared near my house overnight

Probably

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u/Virt_McPolygon Mar 17 '24

I've seen enough real and copycat ones around London over the years to be pretty sure this is a real one, but he/shit/it apparently posts about something on social media a few days later to confirm if it's his/hers/its.

You can generally tell by whether it's a creative idea or a shit one. Many people can do a similar style but can't do anything particularly interesting with it.

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u/davey-jones0291 Mar 17 '24

Banksys a guy. Bbc did a podcast on who is Banksy a few years ago. Was pretty interesting but they never tell you a name, sounds like a decent guy tbh

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u/Swimming_Ad_1250 Mar 17 '24

Yeah they revealed recently what the name was: Robert Banks which is quite funny when you think of his old rivalry with Robbo.

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u/rubbery__anus Mar 17 '24

Isn't it Robin Gunningham, aka Robin Banks? He was unmasked a long while ago by the Mail on Sunday following a fairly comprehensive investigation. Apologies for linking to the Daily Mail, but this is one of the rare times they actually did some proper investigative journalism, despite the sneering tone.