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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Vanessa Thorpe Arts and media correspondent

Banksy’s billboard cat removed as meaning of his London animals revealed

The new Banksy mural in Cricklewood, north-west London, before the billboard was removed on Saturday.
The new Banksy mural in Cricklewood, north-west London, before the billboard was removed on Saturday. Photograph: Andy Hall/The Observer

A big cat by Banksy appeared briefly, ­stretching in the morning sun, on a bare advertising hoarding on Edgware Road in Cricklewood, north-west London, on Saturday. A few hours later it had gone, removed by contractors who feared it would be ripped down.

The anonymous artist known as Banksy, who confirmed the image was his at lunchtime on Saturday, also promised a little more summer fun to come.

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