JMW Turner may be a safe choice for new £20 note – but it's deserved

Yes, the artist is white, male and dead. But the Bank of England has honoured a radical visionary whose creativity is still inspiring
Joseph Mallord William Turner knew he’d be on a banknote one day. You can see it in his eyes in the visionary, assured self-portrait he painted in about 1799, gazing through the time vortex at his own future fame in justifiable confidence that he will always be acknowledged as the best of British artists.The Bank of England’s choice of this white male