New Banksy appears where Oscar Wilde was imprisoned. Fantastic.

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image showing New Banksy appears where Oscar Wilde was imprisoned. Fantastic.

Kayakman28 on March 2nd, 2021 at 02:00 UTC »

Well that seems con-descending.

Potemkin_Jedi on March 2nd, 2021 at 02:27 UTC »

“What is thy name?' He said, 'My name is Love.'

Then straight the first did turn himself to me

And cried, 'He lieth, for his name is Shame,

But I am Love, and I was wont to be

Alone in this fair garden, till he came

Unasked by night; I am true Love, I fill

The hearts of boy and girl with mutual flame.'

Then sighing, said the other, 'Have thy will,

I am the Love that dare not speak its name.'”

-Lord Alfred Douglas, from “Two Loves” (the poem that sent Wilde to prison and possibly the root of the term ‘straight’ as it applies to sexuality).

Airera on March 2nd, 2021 at 03:25 UTC »

This wasn't Banksy. This is in my town and whoever it was was seen by loads of different people at 7:30pm - Banksy is usually a lot more secretive than that.

But doesn't stop it being a cool bit of art. People are saying it's to help it become an arts museum instead of luxury flats.