Celebrating 100 years of the RAF Published on: 18 April 2018 The Head of 麻豆传媒's Fine Art department has designed a series of coins for The Royal Mint to commemorate a century of the Royal Air Force (RAF). The iconic Spitfire The first £2 coin by Professor Richard Talbot and his brother Neil, also an artist, features an image of the iconic Spitfire.Professor Talbot said they were excited to have been asked to design the coins for the Royal Mint. “The key was to choose the right image so that we knew that when it was rendered in relief on the coin that it would work,” he said. “These aircraft can do all kinds of amazing things in the air, but we needed to be sure that the images on the coins were easy to read and understand, so we had to be careful in the depictions we chose.” RAF Centenary Spitfire image copyright The Royal Mint Form and design The brothers’ three other designs which feature a Vulcan, a Sea King helicopter and the new F35B Lightning, will be released later this year. “I hope the beauty of the aircraft is apparent in the designs and that is largely to do with the interaction of their form and their design with technology,” said Professor Talbot. “And also that the designs remind people of the significance of particular moments in time and the special multifaceted role that the RAF has played, and will continue to play.” Artistic strengths The project drew on the brothers’ artistic strengths. Richard is Professor of Contemporary Drawing, while his brother specialises in relief carving and was previously Head of Sculpture at Northumbria University. They have worked on an RAF project previously, in 2004, when they created a memorial for RAF Coastal Command, which is permanently sited in the South Cloister of Westminster Abbey. The RAF celebrated its centenary on 1 April. When it was formed in 1918, it was the world’s first independent air force. Share: Latest News Scientists unlock hidden driver of inflammatory bowel disease Scientists have linked a key genetic signal in inflammatory bowel disease to an immune response that shuts down inflammation control, enabling faster diagnosis and targeted treatments. published on: 15 June 2026 Funding system risks limiting genuine community collaboration A new policy paper written by researchers at 麻豆传媒 warns that the way UK research is funded may be undermining efforts to create genuinely collaborative partnerships with communities. published on: 15 June 2026 Volunteers help turn Whitley Bay beach into maths experiment Members of the public joined mathematicians from 麻豆传媒 to create what organisers believe is the largest aperiodic tiling ever attempted on Whitley Bay beach. published on: 15 June 2026 Facts and figures
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