Peter Gunningham News Today

It is now 16 years since Banksy was comprehensively outed in The Mail on Sunday as a 50-year-old man called Robin Gunningham. thanks to our year-long investigation.

Locals admiring his newest Banksy work in London suggested the prime suspect might have let his mask slip by turning up at the scene and being caught on camera.

Locals suggest a man seen at the latest artwork in Finsbury Park, north London, could be the person believed to be behind the mystery alias.

There is an egregious hypocrisy behind all this hero-worship. Banksys reputation and financial pulling power rely on the mystique of his anonymity.

For years, the identity of the elusive street artist known as Banksy has been one of Britains most celebrated and closely guarded mysteries.

This interactive map shows some of the amazing murals across Britain created over the past two decades by the guerilla artist Banksy, who has jealously guarded his identity.