of graffiti artist banksy unmasked!

Graffiti artist Banksy unmasked ... as a former public schoolboy from middle-class suburbia: Daily Mail carries a story that links graffiti artist Banksy to 34 year old Robin Gunningham.

He is perhaps the most famous, or infamous, artist alive. To some a genius, to others a vandal. Always controversial, he inspires admiration and provokes outrage in equal measure.

Since Banksy made his name with his trademark stencil-style 'guerrilla' art in public spaces - on walls in London, Brighton, Bristol and even on the West Bank barrier separating Israelis and Palestinians - his works have sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds.

He has dozens of celebrity collectors including Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Christina Aguilera.

The man in this photograph, taken in Jamaica four years ago, is believed to be Banksy


Robin Gunningham in 1989 when he was a pupil at Bristol Cathedral School, below

[via Arbroath]