Valerie, Baroness Amos of Brondesbury; Rosalind, Baroness Howells of St Davids; Patricia, Baroness Scotland of Asthal
1 of 2 portraits of Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos of Brondesbury
Valerie, Baroness Amos of Brondesbury; Rosalind, Baroness Howells of St Davids; Patricia, Baroness Scotland of Asthal
by Robert Taylor
cibachrome print, 27 January 2000
16 1/2 in. x 15 1/2 in. (420 mm x 393 mm)
Purchased, 2001
Photographs Collection
NPG x125032
Sittersback to top
- Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos of Brondesbury (1954-), Chief Executive of the Equal Opportunities Commission; Government Whip, House of Lords. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Rosalind Patricia-Anne Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids (1931-), Equal Opportunities Director, Greenwich Racial Equality Council. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Patricia Janet Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal (1955-), Barrister and Attorney-General for England and Wales; life peer. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
This portraitback to top
Valerie Amos and Patricia Scotland became Britain’s first black female peers in 1997 and they were joined by Rosalind Howells in 1999. Taken in the ornate setting of the House of Lords, this photograph celebrates the achievement of the three women, united by their West Indian heritage and Labour politics.
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (House of Lords, Westminster, London)
Events of 2000back to top
Current affairs
The world celebrates the start of a new millennium. Britain marks the occasion with a series of new buildings and landmarks including the Millennium Dome, the London Eye, the Millennium Bridge, and the Millennium Stadium. While the Dome was criticised by politicians and the public for wasting public funds, and the Bridge suffered initial stability problems, other projects have become major landscape and public attractions.Art and science
Tate Modern opens as a national gallery of international modern art under the directorship of Nicholas Serota. The gallery, housed in the former Bankside Power Station, took the novel step of arranging the collection by theme rather than chronologically. As well as the collection galleries, Tate Modern has two large temporary exhibition spaces, and commissions installation projects for the enormous Turbine Hall.International
British troops are deployed to Sierra Leone to establish order and evacuate foreign nationals from the country torn apart by civil war. Following a ceasefire President Kabbah declared the civil war officially over in 2002.George W. Bush becomes President of the United States after a close election where he lost the popular vote, but won the electoral vote thanks to a controversial Supreme Court decision on Florida.
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