Banksy confirms he was behind ‘Spraycation’ street art that began appearing last week
Banksy has confirmed he was behind pieces of street art which appeared in Suffolk and Norfolk.
People flocked to see the art that began appearing a week ago in East Anglia, with many speculating that Banksy was behind them. But the artist remained silent.
However, he has now claimed responsibility for them on his Instagram page with a video showing him working on the pieces – called A Great British Spraycation.
Among them is a rat sitting on a deckchair with a martini class under an umbrella in Lowestoft, and another in Nicholas Everitt Park, showing three children standing in a boat.
One child appears to be looking ahead out to sea, another behind looking over their shoulder, and a third at the back of the boat leaning over the side holding a bucket.
This piece was seen on the side of a house in Lowestoft in Suffolk
Writing above the artwork says: “We’re all in the same boat.”
The boat was constructed out of scrap metal but has since been removed.
In the video, Banksy is also seen working on a statue in King’s Lynn, putting an ice cream in its hand while making a tongue appear from its mouth.
One of the new works by Banksy, on one of the model houses in the Merrivale Model Village
Earlier this year Banksy raised more than £16 million after auctioning some artwork which was originally displayed in a Southampton hospital
The artist confirmed another work spotted on a wall outside the former Lowestoft Electrical shop on London Road North, which appears to show a child next to a sandcastle.
He also depicted a musician playing an instrument above a bus stop, while two people dance beside him.
Earlier this year, Banksy raised over £16m for health projects with an auction of a painting offering an “image of hope”.
After a week of speculation, Banksy claimed the pieces via a video on his Instagram page
Another sculpture was seen on a statue in Kings Lynn
Part of this piece in Nicholas Everitt Park in Lowestoft was made of scrap metal but has since been removed
Game Changer appeared at Southampton Hospital during the first wave of the pandemic.
The anonymous graffiti artist auctioned the original canvas, with the reproduction of the work remaining in the hospital.
The painting fetched £16.7m, which is a world auction record for the artist, according to art auction house Christie’s.
Taylor Swift has revealed the release date for her new album, The Life Of A Showgirl.
The pop megastar announced her 12th studio album earlier this week but didn’t give many details.
Now, in social media posts and an appearance on boyfriend Travis Kelce’s sports podcast, Swift revealed just what fans can expect from the new album.
Taylor Swift and boyfriend Travis Kelce on the New Heights podcast. Pic: New Heights
The Life of Showgirl, written during the European leg of her record-breaking Eras tour, will be released on 3 October.
It consists of 12 songs, including the title track that features pop star Sabrina Carpenter.
The full track list is:
1. The Fate Of Ophelia
2. Elizabeth Taylor
3. Opalite
4. Father Figure
5. Eldest Daughter
6. Ruin The Friendship
7. Actually Romantic
8. Wi$h Li$t
9. Wood
10. Cancelled!
11. Honey
12. The Life Of A Showgirl (featuring Sabrina Carpenter)
Long-time collaborators Max Martin and Shellback, two Swedish producers who worked with Swift on some of her biggest hits, joined the pop star for this album.
Within four hours of posting the full podcast episode on YouTube, it had already gathered 4.7m views.
The cover of Taylor Swift’s newly announced album. Pic: Republic Records
The back cover of Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album The Life Of A Showgirl. Pic: Republic Records
‘The hardest-working star in pop’
The album follows last year’s The Tortured Poets Department, which was released during the Eras tour.
That tour, with shows on five continents and in 51 cities, raked in more than $2.2bn (£1.62bn) and was the highest-grossing tour of all time.
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“This album is about what was going on behind the scenes in my inner life during this tour, which was so exuberant and electric and vibrant,” Swift said during her podcast appearance.
Sky News culture and entertainment reporter Gemma Peplow said after her globe-trotting tour and a swathe of re-releases over recent years, the new album cemented Swift’s reputation “as the hardest-working star in pop”.
Disgraced US film producer Harvey Weinstein is to be tried for a third time in a sexual assault case.
A jury in New York could not reach a verdict in June against the 73-year-old who was accused of raping actress Jessica Mann, and a mistrial was declared.
Judge Curtis Farber has said he wants the new trial to happen before the end of this year.
The same jury found Weinstein guilty in June of sexually assaulting former Project Runway production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006 and not guilty of assaulting Polish former runway model Kaja Sokola the same year.
Weinstein will be sentenced for the guilty verdict in Ms Haley’s case on 30 September.
He denied all of the charges. Throughout the retrial, his lawyers insisted the sexual encounters with his three accusers were “transactional” and “consensual,” and labelled the women as opportunists.
Weinstein was originally convicted of rape and criminal sexual act by the same court in 2020 and sentenced to 23 years in prison for the crimes.
Last year, however, New York’s highest court overturned the conviction, prompting Weinstein’s retrial this summer.
Weinstein was once one of the most powerful people in Hollywood – the co-founder of film and television production companies Miramax and The Weinstein Company, who produced films such as the Oscar-winning Shakespeare In Love, Pulp Fiction, and The Crying Game.
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In 2017, a series of sexual misconduct allegations against him propelled the #MeToo movement.
Some of those accusations later led to criminal charges and his convictions in New York and California.
Before the retrial, Weinstein was also serving a 16-year prison sentence after being found guilty of rape in California in December 2022. He has also denied this charge.
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