It is indeed very complicated, Allan, and tied in to many old enmities and resentments. But Ibrahima is nonetheless very very proud to be British now. The coach company we're travelling to Bruges with ask that one has a Passport, so perhaps it will be required. I've been looking at it again (when my husband lets it out of his hands for a minute) and there's the most gorgeous drawing of a dragonfly on one of the pages. It really is a work of art. Mine expires in 4 years, so 'if I'm spared' I may yet have one of these new and delightful ePassports!