Female scientist added to blue plaque by vandal

A feminist vandal has targeted a historical pub by adding a female scientist to a historic blue plaque.

The sign outside of The Eagle pub in Cambridge commemorates the discovery of the DNA double helix in the nearby Cavendish Laboratory by Francis Crick and James Watson. The pair famously announced their achievement at the pub in 1953.

However, chemist Rosalind Franklin is believed to have also been there after being instrumental in this breakthrough. She died of ovarian cancer in 1958 and her name is not included in the blue plaque – but now a graffiti artist has added “+Franklin” in a handwritten scrawl.