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BANKSY may have created his latest artwork after a mural appeared of a girl crouching by a beach on a Pembrokeshire wall.Locals in Whitesands, near St

Activists are trying to preserve the prison he was sent to after his conviction for “indecency,” saying his life is an important part of Britain’s history.

‘You Feel Goose Bumps’: The Push to Preserve Where Wilde Was Jailed for Being Gay Activists are trying to preserve the prison he was sent to after his conviction for “indecency,” saying his life is an important part of Britain’s history. The perimeter wall, right, of the now closed Victorian jail where Oscar Wilde was incarcerated in 1895 on a charge of “gross indecency.” The ancient Reading Abbey is on the left.Credit...Mary Turner for The New York Times June 1, 2021Updated 4:32 p.m. ET READING, England —-The metal stairway creaks and groans underfoot on the way to cell C. 3....

Travellers near Reading Bridge in Rivermead earlier this month. Photo by Jack SImpson. Travellers in Reading could soon get a temporary home, with a councillor revealing plans for a ‘transit site’. Transit sites are short-term stopping place for the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community and differ from permanent sites which residential pitches longer term occupation. Plans for a traveller site at Richfield Avenue fell through in 2018 when the site was chosen for new secondary school River Academy, which is set to open later this year. Reading Borough Council (RBC) is now looking for...

Groups in Reading have expressed “huge disappointment” after a mural by street artist Banksy on the side of a former prison was defaced with red paint. The artwork, entitled Create Escape, appeared on the red brick wall of Reading Prison on March 1 and showed an inmate escaping lockdown using a knotted spool of paper from a typewriter. On Tuesday, pictures emerged showing that the piece had been defaced with red paint covering the typewriter, with the phrase “Team Robbo” below. This appears to be a reference to graffiti artist King Robbo, who was in a long-running feud with Banksy bef...