Oxford Circus tube station covered in graffiti by vandals who ran amok while London shops closed

Oxford Circus tube station is left covered in graffiti by ‘Diabolical Dubstars’ vandals who ran amok while London’s biggest shopping street was closed due to Tier 4 restrictions The artwork was found on Boxing Day and features a tribute to Grenfell Tower  It is alleged the graffiti artist group Diabolical Dubstars tagged the tube station  … Read more

RMT moan that Banksy’s £7.5m Tube graffiti stunt proves London Underground ‘is not safe’

Rail union bosses have claimed Banksy’s £7.5million Tube graffiti stunt proves the London Underground ‘is not safe,’ as TfL refuses to share which station the artist targeted along with other details, as it fears copycats will target trains. The renowned street artist boarded a Hammersmith and City Line train dressed in a high-vis jacket, boiler … Read more

Rival graffiti artist insists Banksy mural in Nottingham is actually his

A graffiti artist has insisted a mural of a girl using a bicycle tyre as a hula hoop is his own, despite Banksy sharing a picture of the piece on his own Instagram page – the anonymous artist’s usual way of authenticating his work. Itchers, based in Birmingham, has assured local media in Nottingham that … Read more

Vandals daub graffiti on Prince Albert’s stone memorial on Queen’s Balmoral estate

Vandals have daubed graffiti on Prince Albert’s stone memorial as rangers cleared the remains of a campfire and litter on the Queen’s Balmoral estate. Managers shared pictures of the mess left behind at the 55-acre site in Aberdeenshire, describing the tidy-up as a ‘typical start’ to the week.  Prince Albert’s cairn, shaped as a pyramid, … Read more

Ex-councillor pleads not guilty to criminal damage over Dickens’ museum graffiti

A former Green councillor who scrawled ‘Dickens racist’ on wall of museum dedicated to 19th century author pleaded not guilty in court Ian Driver, 63, was arrested for criminal damage after graffiti was plastered on the outside of The Charles Dickens House Museum in Broadstairs, Kent, on Saturday night. Driver – who was a Green … Read more

Ex-councillor charged for graffiti on Charles Dickens Museum

A former councillor has been charged with criminal damage after the words ‘Dickens Racist’ were scrawled on a Charles Dickens museum. Ian Driver, 63, of Broadstairs, Kent, was arrested today and charged with seven counts of criminal damage relating to an alleged offence in Broadstairs on Saturday June 13 and six in Broadstairs and Ramsgate … Read more

Graffiti vandals attack Robert the Bruce statue in Scotland branding him a ‘racist king’

Graffiti vandals attack Robert the Bruce statue in Scotland branding him a ‘racist king’ Monument at Battle of Bannockburn site, Stirling, was found covered in graffiti Writing on statue said that ‘Robert was a  racist’ and white paint also read ‘BLM’ The vandalism at the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) site has sparked outrage It … Read more

Black Lives Matter protests: Volunteers scrub ‘Churchill was a racist’ graffiti off statue

A group of volunteers including four Army cadets cleaned up a memorial to Winston Churchill in London this morning after it was defaced by activists during yesterday’s violent Black Lives Matter protests. The men scrubbed graffiti off the statue one day after the phrase ‘was racist’ was added in spray paint by protesters below the … Read more

Black Lives Matter protests: Volunteers scrub ‘Churchill was a racist’ graffiti off statue

A group of volunteers including four Army cadets cleaned up a memorial to Winston Churchill in London this morning after it was defaced by activists during yesterday’s violent Black Lives Matter protests. The men scrubbed graffiti off the statue one day after the phrase ‘was racist’ was added in spray paint by protesters below the … Read more

Pennsylvania’s abandoned ‘Graffiti Highway’ in Centralia ghost town is permanently shut down

‘Graffiti Highway’ – Pennsylvania’s oddest tourist attraction is the latest casualty in the coronavirus pandemic. The .74- mile long abandoned stretch of Route 61 that runs through the ghost town of Centralia has been a local landmark since 1993 when tag artists saw a blank canvas on the forgotten length of cracked asphalt.   Now the … Read more