The Brit tabloid Mail on Sunday claims that mysterious street artist/prankster Banksy is Robin Gunningham, a former public schoolboy who hasn't been seen or heard from for years:
“The notion that Banksy is Gunningham, 34, who was educated at the £9,240-a-year Bristol Cathedral School, will shock the artist's fans, fond of their hero's ‘anti-establishment' stance…Rumours have persisted that the artist is called Robin Banks, that he is from Bristol, and that his parents think he is a painter and decorator…Gunningham's former school pal Scott Nurse said: ‘He was one of three people in my year who were extremely talented at art. I am not at all surprised if he is Banksy.'…Records reveal Gunningham once lived with artist Luke Egan, who later exhibited with Banksy. Mr Egan initially denied knowing Gunningham but later admitted he had lived with him…People who know Gunningham are now unable to say what has become of him. His father Peter, who lives in Kingsdown, Bristol, denied that the man in the photograph was his son, and his mother Pamela was surprised by the picture, then denied she even had a son, let alone one called Robin. Banksy's publicist would neither confirm nor deny whether the artist was Robin Gunningham.”
