Margaret Bourke-White (1904-71)

From recall, Ghandi in this film was supposedly so well aware of her reputation that he greeted her by name on their first meeting. Had we done things in a different way in the past, many of us would have known of her not because of this film but because of the stunning photos she took of Seretse and Ruth in 1950 in Serowe and London.

Forty or so years after its inception, Lonely Planet suggests to visitors to the National Museum, where her photos should long ago have been on display, that ‘If you come with expectations reasonably lowered, you may enjoy this small, neglected museum. It’s a good way to kill an hour if you’re into taxidermy; exhibits of stuffed animals sit between those on pre-colonial and colonial history - it’s curious how there is next to no mention of the San, Botswana’s first inhabitants.