Obvs, I've not been a 'Miss' for a while, but to change that (or remove it), along with my first name, I've got to send back the replacement licence when it arrives, with a paper fucking D1 form that I can only get from a Post Office, send my marriage certificate, pay for Special Delivery...

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As an added bonus (cos patriarchy): For whatever fucking reason unknown to me, when I applied for my provisional at 16, the DVLA automatically added on the 'Miss' title. My husband has never had 'Mr' attached to his - it simply has his fucking name on his licence.

9/~

Trying to replace my driving licence online means having to put in my passport number, which pulls up my name without a hyphen, which doesn't marry up with what's on my driving licence (which has the hyphen), and so I can't use my actual passport for ID verification, even though it's me, FFS. 😂

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Better still, with the UK government slowly shifting stuff over to digital and the one login, I'm now at a point where there are basically two official versions of me that don't matchup, which causes a fucking headache when trying to do something like replacing a stolen driving licence.

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On the rare occasion that you have a website that lets you input a hyphen in the 'First Name' field, you will then sometimes have to enjoy the immigration or flight crew interrogation of how 'Your name doesn't match the one in your passport', all because of a hyphen (yes - I'm being serious).

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The problems start when you try to book flights and stuff. So, some websites don't recognise or allow hyphens in the 'First Name' field, whilst others don't recognise spaces, or both. So I either have to 1) drop the latter part of my first name or 2) spell it all as one word.

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Again, not a problem, but then it leads people down the garden path of thinking the latter part of my double-barrelled first name is actually a middle name (I don't have any), and it's consequently why, as I got older, I just stopped introducing myself as my actual name and go by just 'Anne'.

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My birth certificate records my name with a hyphen, but my passport does not. Back in the day of paper forms and when machine-readable passports were being introduced, even if you put the hyphen in, the new shiny passport would arrive without it.

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My given first name is double-barrelled, and it was when I was Giving Notice of Marriage that the registrar realised the name on my provisional licence (for proof of address) was different to my photo ID (my passport).

Not a problem usually, but when you travel internationally, oh boy.

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So far, so good. Thanks. 🙂

It’s on display until Spring/Summer 2026.

www.ltmuseum.co.uk/visit/museum...

Another shot that didn't make the cut for the recent exhibition; but it remains one of my favourites.

Taken at Aldgate, I've always love the light there.

🎞️ Fuji Industrial 100, expired.
📸 Ricoh GR1V.
🧑‍🔬 Dev/scan by @analoguewonderland.bsky.social.

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#FilmIsNotDead
#FilmPhotography

Mixed feelings. Imposter Syndrome makes it hard to really pin down the tangible feelings around whether I did A Good Job or not.

But… it means a lot to me that the people that have been following me a while (like yourself!) have been my biggest cheerleaders. 💛

Ultimately, the work is for you guys.

Was that display also covered in the film ‘A Day To Remember’?

Also - not that many left now, but still have a few colleagues that are original recipients of that centenary badge design.

I can’t believe Simon’s leaving! 😭

Many thanks to the @londonist.com for their comments and release on the exhibition. Will Noble's closing paragraph succinctly wraps up what I was trying to convey with the work, and I appreciate that very much. 🙏

londonist.com/london/trans...

The exhibition is on until 2026 and access to it is included with your Museum ticket:
www.ltmuseum.co.uk/visit/museum...