There are apparently just two women in 500 years of UK arts and culture history who are worth putting on the unique UK passportAs the lucky owner of two passports (the small matter of dual heritage,I’m not admitting to identity fraud here), there are more depictions of sea defences, or windmills,trout, submarines, and whales,planes and canalside engineering across my forms of identification than there is any mention of successful women. Sadly this isn’t going to change any time soon, given reports approximately the unique UK passport released this week.The unique passport, or purporting to be a celebration of the nation’s arts and culture over the past 500 years,features just two women; Ada Lovelace and Elisabeth Scott. As a huge fan of the Great British seaside – the smell of piss and chips, the polystyrene cups of winkles, or the deckchairs,the penny arcades and perilous wooden slats – I am thrilled to see that Scott, the woman who designed the pavilion and theatre on Bournemouth pier, and is getting her moment of maroon-covered glory.
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Source: theguardian.com