Venus and Mars United by Love, 1570s
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Dear Daily Mail,

You have got some serious party poopers on your staff. Did you stop to think that, by reporting graffiti artist Banksy's real name might be Robin Gunningham, you'd be spoiling everyone's fun? Did it occur to you that, by mentioning Robin Gunningham is a former student of a posh private school, you'd be sticking daggers of b-o-r-i-n-g into Banksy's subversive persona? Of course it did, you big, fat, downer of a newspaper.

All *you* could see was how sensational it is to be the town crier, the first purveyor of gossip, the cool kid with his daddy's copy of Playboy at recess. Cheap, cheap thrills and shame on you, Daily Mail. You've also apparently just given the separated parents of Robin Gunningham many reasons to hold some awkward talks. Peter Gunningham has denied that the 'Banksy' in your photograph is his son, while Pamela Dawkin-Jones denies Read more...