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Who took the eFFIT out of graffiti?

ARTS HUB UK - Now Hollywood’s got its hands on Banksy’s etchings, is anarchy in the UK destined to become wall candy? Angela Meredith explores the thin line and legalities between street art and graffiti, and looks at Banksy's rise to fame.

7 Jun 2007

Angela Meredith

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ARTS HUB UK – Last week marked thirty years since Johnny Rotten sang God Save the Queen. Now Johnny is in real estate and really quite likes Her Maj.

Apart from the music, punk made its own political and fashion statements. If you were old enough to rip your T-shirt and scrawl bollocks across it, congratulations – at least you bothered to make a statement.

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Angela Meredith

About the Author

Angela Meredith is a freelance journalist/writer who covers the Arts, travel and leisure and consumer health. Her work has appeared on websites such as Men’s Health, Discovery Health and TravelZoo – and this year she worked on the launch of the website Moneypage.com as Travel/Leisure writer. She contributes accident and health and safety news to a personal injury website and has written extensively for the b2b journal Pharmacy Business. Angela is a former winner of Soho Theatre’s Verity Bargate Award for new playwrights and has written for BBC TV. In 2007 she was short listed for the Writers’ and Artists’ Yearbook’s New Novel Award. She began her career as an actress and still acts occasionally. She is a full member of the NUJ and Equity and has a BA (Joint Hons) in Literature & History of Art and an MA in Literature.