On November 21, 2023, a BBC reporter unearthed a 20-year-old interview in which the pseudonymous street artist Banksy disclosed his first name (Robbie) for the first time.
The British graffiti artist is famous around the world for his use of stencils and for his work's anti-establishment, anti-war themes. A protester tosses not a Molotov cocktail but a bouquet of flowers; a young girl hugs a bomb instead of a teddy bear; a reproduction of Monet's lily pads is marred by rubbish; the communist leader Che Guevara wears sunglasses with dollar signs over his eyes.
