[jfury]

Quote from the Sun

www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3480062/Unveiled-First-pic-of-Mrs-Banksy.html

RARE picture of graffiti artist Banksy's parliamentary lobbyist wife emerged yesterday.

Elusive Joy Millward, 31, is so desperate to keep her husband's identity a secret she tells friends he illustrates COOKBOOKS.

Pals say that even some of her own family do not know he is the spray-paint ace whose works fetch up to £100,000 each.

His art has been snapped up by Hollywood star Brad Pitt.

A source said: "The only people who know his real identity are those in the inner circle, who have been vetted."

Joy and Banksy, thought to be 36, are said to have met in London in 2003, when she was working as a researcher for Labour MP Austin Mitchell.

In 2005 she set up her own business called Principle Affairs, a parliamentary lobby group supporting charities.

[Baby Dave]

Good old current bun drivel

[OutsideIn]

least she aint ugly.

poor woman, newspapers are idiots.

[jfury]

more comment from the mail

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1367954/Mrs-Banksy-unmasked-Graffiti-artists-wife-Joy-Millward-pictured-time.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

[des77]

Shouldn't this thread be deleted ? Outing Banksy is one thing, but his wife is different

[jfury]

Mar 21, 2011 10:48:47 GMT 1 @des77 said:

Shouldn't this thread be deleted ? Outing Banksy is one thing, but his wife is different

depends...all over the web and the newspapers so it’s nothing that is necessarily 'secret'. I posted as it’s an article in reference to Banksy that’s in the news plus a discussion point that relates to many things including your comment!

[des77]

Mar 21, 2011 11:01:17 GMT 1 jfury said:

Mar 21, 2011 10:48:47 GMT 1 @des77 said:

Shouldn't this thread be deleted ? Outing Banksy is one thing, but his wife is different

depends...all over the web and the newspapers so it’s nothing that is necessarily 'secret'. I posted as it’s an article in reference to Banksy that’s in the news plus a discussion point that relates to many things including your comment!

So because its on the web means its ok ? I just think that on a site thats was set up to support Banksy, threads on his wife are not really needed

[jfury]

Mar 21, 2011 11:08:22 GMT 1 @des77 said:

Mar 21, 2011 11:01:17 GMT 1 jfury said:

depends...all over the web and the newspapers so it’s nothing that is necessarily 'secret'. I posted as it’s an article in reference to Banksy that’s in the news plus a discussion point that relates to many things including your comment!

So because its on the web means its ok ? I just think that on a site thats was set up to support Banksy, threads on his wife are not really needed

No doesnt mean it is ok or not ok - personally I view it as a discussion point....as in threads on his wife are they needed?, what is the relvance?, is it 'fair', peoples thoughts both for and against etc etc

Happy for mod to delete the links and just leave as a topic to discuss/debate?

Is it the site set up to support Banksy?....I view it as a site to discuss Banksy (+ other artists) both positive and negative?

[schnulli]

Extra! Extra !
More mindless drivel of no importance to anyone
Extra! Extra!

[des77]

Mar 21, 2011 11:22:57 GMT 1 jfury said:

Mar 21, 2011 11:08:22 GMT 1 @des77 said:

Is it the site set up to support Banksy?....I view it as a site to discuss Banksy (+ other artists) both positive and negative?

Once upon a time it used to be the Banksy forum

[jfury]

Mar 21, 2011 11:28:10 GMT 1 @des77 said:

Mar 21, 2011 11:22:57 GMT 1 jfury said:

Mar 21, 2011 11:08:22 GMT 1 @des77 said:

Is it the site set up to support Banksy?....I view it as a site to discuss Banksy (+ other artists) both positive and negative?

Once upon a time it used to be the Banksy forum

;D

[Daniel Silk]

Ya see this is the time when the whole thing about Banksy being anonymous back fires I think he should have come out of the shadows years ago, and it would have saved him loads of bother in the long run.
If he keeps using the anonymity card as a sort of PR tool then sadly this sort of thing comes as part of the package If Banksy's identity was known from the start, this would not even be a story.

[naughtyshorty]

i reckon delete. true or not, its poor taste

[lojack]

Who gives a shit. If his identity is revealed are you going to sit in a corner and cover your ears? No. Is it going to become something that can't be mentioned ever on a site who's only purpose is to discuss Banksy? God I hope not

[alexnh123]

Mar 21, 2011 11:22:57 GMT 1 jfury said:

Mar 21, 2011 11:08:22 GMT 1 @des77 said:

So because its on the web means its ok ? I just think that on a site thats was set up to support Banksy, threads on his wife are not really needed

No doesnt mean it is ok or not ok - personally I view it as a discussion point....as in threads on his wife are they needed?, what is the relvance?, is it 'fair', peoples thoughts both for and against etc etc

Happy for mod to delete the links and just leave as a topic to discuss/debate?

Is it the site set up to support Banksy?....I view it as a site to discuss Banksy (+ other artists) both positive and negative?

sorry do we live in China?

[Daniel Silk]

I would be getting silly to hide stuff like this now millions of random people who read the newspapers know about it, so hiding it from the people who are actually interested in Banksy is crazy.

[alexnh123]

get a grip some of you. This is part and parcel of the game he wanted to play, and this is the 'banksy forum' after all, for all things suprise suprise; banksy related! If you don't want to see certain things, perhaps you should leave the forum, and stop being so childish while you're at it!

[alexnh123]

Mar 21, 2011 12:46:09 GMT 1 Daniel Silk said:

I would be getting silly to hide stuff like this now millions of random people who read the newspapers know about it, so hiding it from the people who are actually interested in Banksy is crazy.

here here.

[rowan]

You'd be pretty pissed if you woke up to find your face all over the papers touted as Banksy's wife! I hope the papers are 100% sure this is who Joy/Mrs Banksy actually is...

Else some poor random woman will have alot of hassle today!

Even if this is Mrs Banksy, can you imagine all the questions her family, friends, workies etc are going to bombard her with! Nightmare...

[connecta1]

...true.

Must have always known this was likely to happen at some point though..

[rowan]

Do people think that this will be the end of it or just the start???

I hope this is the new trend, i'd love to find out what Ricky Martins wife looks like.... "oh wait, he's a what?"s**t never mind, ah well...

[Happy Shopper]

I said it on the Daily Mail thread about her... I hope she sues them.
This has to be invasion of privacy.
It's just not in the public interest to print someone's picture and personal details for no reason other than speculation on the identity of Banksy. Out of order.

[sashaz]

All news is good news for him.

[alexnh123]

if you dance with the devil you will get burnt.

she is clearly an educated woman, i'm sure she knew what she was getting involved in. If not then there's obviously some communication issues in their relationship! I understand this may start to unravel the mystery as more and more friends start to recognise her and put 2 and 2 together; but it was only a patched up mystery at best, it came unstuck years ago, and was really only being held together by coverups and determination.

[bazzj04]

Banksy is the bleeding devil?? what ? . Wait till the Sun finds out,,, s**t really will hit the fan

[Goooogle Male]

however unwanted the publication of this info is, the "Banksies" will have know and will have been prepared for this for a very long time. They have world class PR representation and will have fully rehearsed for this day. The papers seem to be rock solid on her identity, so it is likely that this lady's career is going to be difficult to continue unhampered though. She will have accepted that though as part of her decision to marry an 'unknown' (and presumably, millionaire) artist!

Reading between the lines, and the fact that 3 papers ran the story on the same date, it looks like there has been a PR compromise here, most likely to do with not running the story until after the Oscars, or to allow her to alert key work colleagues ahead of them reading about who she's married to over their breakfast!

[Goooogle Male]

seems that the story did first run nearly 2 weeks ago, but UK press held fire for a short while...
celebgalz.com/banksy-robin-cunningham-is-banksy-robin-cunningham-photos/

[Deleted]

A lot of Daily Mail readers getting a bit riled here.. it's a low inexcusable sad mean pointless despicable story that achieves nothing more than making life difficult for someone, and for what ?..fuck the Daily Mail and it's mean measly mouthed supporters.

[maadbeats]

Who cares who is wife is. Who is the a$$ that paid $1mil for his identity to be sent via a piece of paper??
www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3359400/Banksys-name-up-for-sale-at-1million.html

[Coach]

Mar 21, 2011 13:38:14 GMT 1 Happy Shopper said:

I said it on the Daily Mail thread about her... I hope she sues them.
This has to be invasion of privacy.
It's just not in the public interest to print someone's picture and personal details for no reason other than speculation on the identity of Banksy. Out of order.

I share this view.