Stanley Kubrick, Barney Bubbles or Alan Fletcher could be on new £20 note

The Bank of England has revealed the visual art stars that could be gracing the new £20 note. In a rather long shortlist of 592, the names shown are all those nominated by the public that fit the criteria that the artists must be dead and have worked within the field of visual arts. Among those nominated are graphic designers Barney Bubbles and Alan Fletcher; photographer Tim Hetherington; performance artist Leigh Bowery; inventor and artist William Heath Robinson; illustrator Aubrey Beardsley; artist Eduardo Paolozzi and filmmakers Alfred Hitchcock and Derek Jarman. The Bank has said that “a number of names have been included whose eligibility will be considered more carefully by the Banknote Character Advisory Committee before it starts to shortlist the characters in September,” and a final decision will be announced next year.