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That all protected. Hello and welcome to Spectator Out Loud, where each week we ask some of the writers to read their pieces from the magazine.

Coming up this week, we have Mark Mason on the importance of historical banknotes.

Philip Patrick, talking about AI politicians in Japan, Matthew Paris on travel writers, and Mary Wakefield on cults.

First up, Mark Mason. William Shakespeare was the first to feature in 1970. Alan Turing was the most recent in 2021. But the Bank of England

is now asking whether anyone else should appear ever. The bank is redesigning our banknotes and they

want the public's thoughts on replacing the famous people who currently grace them with buildings, animals,

films, historical events or even food.

However the redesign ends up, let's hope the notes continue to display the wit and beauty they've

traditionally had. The Churchill Fiver, for instance, look closely and you'll see that Big Ben

stands at 3pm, the hour that Winston made his first speech to the Commons as Prime Minister.

One of the security measures on Jane Austen's tenor, she's the latest person to replace Shakespeare on that note,

is a quill that changes from purple to orange as you tilt it.

The clear window on JMW Turner's 20 is the shape of the fountains in Trafalgar Square,

referencing the fighting Temerere. And Alan Turing's birthday on the 50 is shown in binary, that being

the way that his indeed all computers count. As it happens, every member of that quartet either died at 41, Austin and

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