Gallery: New British Passports Star (Mostly Male) Icons of Creativity
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Architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott
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Architect Elisabeth Scott
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Carpenter and clockmaker John Harrison
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Artist John Constable
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The Penny Black Stamp
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Steam locomotive designed by George and Robert Stephenson
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London Underground
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Artist Anthony Gormley's Angel of the North
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Works by artist Anish Kapoor
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Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
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Page celebrating the UK's festival and performing arts
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Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace
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