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Banksy has painted an image of a prisoner escaping down the walls of Reading Prison using a ream of paper weighted by a typewriter, invoking the institutions most famous inmate—writer Oscar Wilde © REUTERS/Matthew Childs The British street artist Banksy has confirmed that he created a new work that appeared on Monday on the outside wall of Reading Prison, in Berkshire, England. The work shows an inmate dressed in a stripey black and white outfit lowering himself down the ...

Banksys Reading Jail stunt could be his finest contribution to British culture The scene of Oscar Wildes incarceration should be turned into an arts centre worthy of him, not more flats. Can Banksys latest work help? The Bansky painting on the side of Reading Jail So, Banksy has achieved what Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh and Stephen Fry could not: turned a huge spotlight on the threat of inappropriate development that hangs over the defunct HM Prison Reading, long and still colloquially known as...

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LONDON — Banksy appears to have thrown his support behind a campaign to turn a former prison in the English town of Reading into an arts venue, a town spokesman said on Thursday, after the street artist confirmed that artwork that appeared on a red brick wall of the prison was of his making. The […]

LONDON - Banksy appears to have thrown his support behind a campaign to turn a former prison in the English town of Reading into an arts venue, a town s...

BBC News Published image captionResidents woke up to the new Banksy artwork on Monday morning Street artist Banksy has confirmed he was behind the artwork that appeared on the wall of Reading Prison on Monday. The picture shows a prisoner - possibly resembling famous inmate Oscar Wilde - escaping on a rope made of bedsheets tied to a typewriter. It comes as campaigners continue to lobby for the former jail to be turned into an arts hub rather than being sold for housing. The guerilla artist con...