News about Robin Banks

In The Mail on Sunday, a 50-year-old man named Robin Gunningham was completely outed. We're thankful for our year-long inquiry. We're just as clear today, and a mountain of evidence points to this. And we know that Banksy's every movement has mirrored Gunningham's for decades.

The enthralling man who sparked widespread belief has dismissed the claims as false, revealing to MailOnline his first thoughts on seeing the artist's latest work was a "bloody mess." After being shown assisting in the establishment of perspex to shield the artist's latest mural, which appeared on Hornsey Road in Finsbury Park, George Georgiou, 67, awakened this morning to discover himself at the center of a Banksy identification storm. Many people admiring Mr Georgiou's striking resemblance to Robin Gunningham, a former public schoolboy from Bristol whose connection to Banksy was first revealed by a Mail On Sunday probe in 2008.

Locals in London celebrating his new Banksy job suggested that the prime suspect may have let his mask fall out by turning up and being caught on camera. Images were taken of the individual beside a mural that appeared on a wall in Hornsey Road on March 17 before being vandalised with streaks of white paint immediately afterwards. On Saturday morning, he was found beside the recently revived tree-themed artwork in Finsbury Park, north London, and seemed to be a close match to Robin Gunningham. Rather than being the former public schoolboy from Bristol whose connection to Banksy was first revealed by a Mail On Sunday probe in 2008, this individual today revealed himself as 67-year-old George Giorgio.

Locals believe a man seen at the new artwork in Finsbury Park, north London, may be the person suspected of the mysterious alias. According to them, the individual captured beside the recently revealed painting of a green tree appears to be identical to earlier published photographs of Robin Gunningham. Balloon Girl, Love Is In The Bin, Slave Labour, and Kissing Coppers have long been believed by reports that he is behind Banksy street murals. The new snaps were taken on Saturday morning outside the latest mural, which appeared on a wall in Hornsey Road on March 17 before being vandalized with streaks of white paint shortly afterwards.

When they pitched their business, which makes eco friendly packaging, Rachel Watkyn (left), from Uckfield, and her business partner Robin Banks were slammed by Duncan Bannatyne (inset). Rachel (pictured right on the program) managed to collect £60,000 worth of investment from Peter Jones and Theo Paphitis, but Bannatyne sluggish, branding it 'ridiculous' and something his eight-year-old daughter could produce.

For the first time in 20 years, banksy's voice was heard in a rare audio clip of him denying to apologise for his graffiti. The recording has given the street artist's followers a tantalizing new insight into his true identity, which is thought to be Robin Gunningham but has never been revealed. The recording dates back to 2003, when former BBC arts reporter Nigel Wrench interviewed Banksy to mark the opening of his Turf War exhibition in East London. Mr Wrench had only seen some of the clips on the Radio 4's PM show in July that year, but he was intrigued to learn the complete interview on a minidisc at his house. Banksy defends how he does his job undercover at speed, saying: 'I'm not here to apologise for it.' It's a quicker way of making your point, right?'