There are 2 reasons for the title of this post.
The main one is that I’m ending the week on a nice story.
And when I say ‘nice’, I mean it … it’s not me ranting about some revenge I’ve finally unleashed on someone after 30 years.
I know … who the hell am I?!
The other reason is that I’m having a little break so you get a ‘long weekend’ of blog post freedom as I’m not back till Tuesday.
Enjoy it, it might not happen again for a long time.
But back to the main reason for this being nice …
England has a terrible history in terms of inclusion.
Hell, it has a terrible history in a lot of things.
And while the World is a massive, massive shit-show right now, there are moments where faith is restored.
Case in point is what the Bank of England have done with the design of the new £50 note …
For those of you who don’t know who Turing was, read this.
Put simply, he not only was a brilliantly clever man, he played a huge role in the Allies victory in World War 2.
And yet despite all this, he was treated despicably simply for being gay.
And while you could argue this gesture of acknowledgement is too little, too late – and it is – the way they did it is the perfect tribute to the man.
An act that shows how he did things, not just what he did.
A gesture of beautiful nerd resonance.