Is Robin Gunningham Banksy?

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BANKSY is one of the world’s most famous artists, but despite his global following, his identity remains unknown. The latest artwork has led people to ponder whether the man at the site was indeed the person in question. Here’s what we know. 3 The first potential of him emerged in 2008Credit: Not known, clear with picture desk Who is Robin Gunningham? In 2008, a picture of a man in Jamaica emerged who was allegedly Banksy. The Mail on Sunday revealed that the man in the photograph was reportedly formerly known as Robin Gunningham. Far from the rebellious tearaway, what we know about Robin paints more a picture of middle class suburbia. Robin was born in 1973 in Bristol, also known to be Banksy’s long-supposed stomping ground. He was a pupil at Bristol Cathedral School. Robin’s father, Peter Gordon Gunningham, was a retired contracts manager from the Whitehall area of Bristol. His mother, Pamela Ann Dawkin-Jones, was a company director’s secretary and grew up in the exclusive surroundings of Clifton and he has an older sister called Sarah. When Robin was nine, the family moved to a larger home in the same street and it is there he spent his formative...

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