Created by Andrew

Banksy’s “kissing coppers”, appeared on the wall of The Prince Albert pub in Brighton in 2004. I started to make this pennant in 2024 to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of this iconic piece of street art.  Banksy never explains his creations so interpretations vary. As a man who loves men I see it as an image that highlights the existence of male attraction in the male dominated profession of British policing. Whether Banksy was mocking authority, commenting on the internalised homophobia of some police officers or ringing in the changes of a more tolerant society is open to debate.