Bleak theme park's dismal take on fun and games

Britain's newest theme park, Dismaland, has opened with a decrepit castle, a merry-go-round horse set to be cooked and model boats on a pool full of refugees, all courtesy of the street artist Banksy.

The "Bemusement Park" in Weston-super-Mare, an English seaside town near Banksy's home city of Bristol, is tagged as "The UK's most disappointing new visitor attraction!" and features work by other artists including Damien Hirst.

The secretive Banksy, famed for his ironic murals in unexpected places, says the show was something different as his street art had become "just as reassuringly white, middle class and lacking in women as any other art movement".