Since rats are my favourite animal, I always seem to wind up with cards and gifts featuring Banksy's rat art (anagrams!) whenever birthdays and holidays roll around...which I have absolutely no problem with. After all, Banksy is awesome. As wonderful as that rat stuff is, my favourite Banksy piece (although it wasn't street art) is actually "Can't Beat The Feeling", which features Mickey Mouse and Ronald McDonald walking hand in hand with the equally iconic but considerably less cheery "Napalm Girl". Disturbing but fascinating, and always a great talking point, I find.

The only problem with all that unauthorised Banksy merchandise floating about is their tendency to market non-Banksy street art under the Banksy banner, turning it into something of a generic brand name, and causing confusion as to what's actually his and what was created by a similar-minded artist. The most recurrent example is that bloody gun-wielding panda - Banksy himself has stated that he's not responsible for that one, yet I'm constantly seeing it on "Bansky" prints, mugs and calendars.