Banknotes should depict flora and fungi, not just animals | Letters

The Bank of England has got an opportunity to bring these vital species into the spotlight, says Nicola Hutchinson Your article on the Bank of England’s plans to feature nature on future banknotes (‘A toad is a perfect tenner’: experts recommend wild candidates for new banknotes, 21 March) underlines how deeply the natural world shapes our national identity. Yet it was striking that in the suggested wild candidates for the notes, one of nature’s most fundamental elements was overlooked. If th...

By Guardian Staff