'New Banksy' artwork appears ahead of Diamond Jubilee

A new artwork purportedly by Banksy has appeared in London ahead of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

The picture shows an Asian boy hunched over a sewing machine making Union Jack bunting, in an apparent nod to a summer that will see the Diamond Jubilee and Olympic Games celebrated in Britain.

The trademark artwork was painted on the side of a Poundland store near Turnpike Lane in north London.

The store launched an inquiry in 2010 when it was discovered that a boy worked 100 hour weeks in an Indian sweatshop.

Art blogs and critics have responded to the mural:

The response from people on Twitter has been generally positive: