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arts Updated 5th March 2021 Banksy confirms prison-escape mural is his with Bob Ross-inspired video Banksy has confirmed he was behind an artwork that appeared on the wall of a British jail earlier this week. In a video posted to Instagram on Thursday, the elusive street artist is seen spray-painting the image of an inmate escaping from Reading Prison, a disused institution in southern England that once held the Irish poet Oscar Wilde. The video, which is captioned "Create Escape," playfully mimics TV artist Bob Ross' cult show, "The Joy of Painting." Shots of Banksy working in the dark of ni...

FOLLOWING the graffiti spotted on the side of Reading Prison being a suspected Banksy art piece, residents have been making the artwork the talk of…

A row has erupted between the council and a local theatre and arts group over plans to bid for Reading Gaol.

A ROOM WITH A VIEW: Reading Gaol as seen from The Blade. More time is needed to develop a community bid for Reading Prison, a local MP has said. Reading East MP Matt Rodda has sent a letter to the Ministry of Justice, asking to give the community extra time to develop a bid for Reading Gaol. He said a significant amount of work is underway to develop the bid, but it is clear it will take longer to complete than the initial three months offered by the MoJ last year. In December, Secretary of State for Justice Robert Buckland offered Reading Borough Council (RBC) community a three-month...

Reading Gaol He wrote: “Been making case to @MoJGovUK (Ministry of Justice) over some time for a regeneration of Reading Gaol which recognises its iconic heritage & delivers a local arts and culture hub. “Thanks @RobertBuckland (Secretary State for Justice) for confirming period of exclusivity for @ReadingCouncil to develop a business case with partners!” The news comes a year after The Reading Chronicle made a front page plea of “All I want for Christmas is… to save Reading Gaol” to Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Hopes were crushed earlier this year, however, when it was a...