suffragettes

The political art of uncompromising resistance

Olivia Logan26 September 2021

Olivia Logan in conversation with Rachel Holmes: author of Sylvia Pankhurst Natural Born Rebel, a biography of the suffragette, communist, journalist and anti-fascist activist...

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The F-Word stage blog: February 2018

Lissy Lovett27 February 2018

The F-Word's round-up of what's happening in the world of comedy and theatre in February...

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The heinous vengeance of women

Nick Beard12 January 2016

Nick Beard finds the latest Sherlock special attempting to lampoon the boys-club nature of Sherlock Holmes stories, with mixed success...

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Is suffrage black or white?

Rashida Islam15 December 2015

Rashida Islam watches a recent BBC documentary about Sophia Duleep Singh and argues that, when it comes to Black activists throughout history, her story is not necessarily the most significant...

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A reluctant suffragette

Sophie Mayer25 October 2015

Sophie Mayer gives Suffragette all the kudos it deserves but highlights some threads of historical and political importance the film chooses to omit ...

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Suffrajitsu with Nikki Sahota

Ania Ostrowska12 October 2015

To coincide with the release of Suffragette, women were taught self defence in a jiu-jitsu workshop...

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Politics and religion

Mattie Lacey-Davidson20 May 2015

The Jewish Museum's exhibition Blackguards in Bonnets focusing on Jewish people involved in the women's suffrage movement is a fascinating find for Mattie Lacey-Davidson ...

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New review: Wrong ‘Un

Megan Stodel5 February 2014

Theatre and arts editor, Megan Stodel, introduces a new review by Jane Duffus...

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Doing wrong to do right

Jane Duffus5 February 2014

A one-woman monologue recounting the suffragette movement in prose and song? Jane Duffus is sold ...

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Shoulder to shoulder

Jane Duffus15 July 2013

Oxygen celebrates the pilgrimage of women who marched for six weeks from Lands Ends to Hyde Park for the largest ever suffrage rally. Jane Duffus finds it to be a breath of fresh air ...

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Weekly round-up and open thread

Jayne17 June 2013

This week's round-up of interesting and thought-provoking news and views ...

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New review: Clare Balding’s Secrets of a Suffragette

Holly Combe6 June 2013

TV editor Holly Combe introduces a review of Clare Balding's Secrets of a Suffragette...

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Emily Wilding Davison: 100 years on

Catherine Elms6 June 2013

Catherine Elms watches Clare Balding's Secrets of a Suffragette, a documentary looking at some of the history behind the movement and the events surrounding the death of one of its most well-known figures ...

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Erased from history

Guest Blogger3 June 2013

Louise Whittle urges us to remember the working class women who fought for women's suffrage ...

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Light a beacon for Emily Davison

Guest Blogger31 May 2013

This is a guest post by the artist and filmmaker Nigel Shephard from Gypsy Gold Films Tuesday 4 June 2013 will mark one hundred years since Emily Wilding Dav...

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Weekly round-up and open thread: 30 July 2012

Jayne30 July 2012

A round up of items we didn't have time to blog this week ...

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Kodak Girls: The Suffragettes, Photography and the Silver Screen

Ania Ostrowska24 July 2012

This is a guest post by Nigel Shephard from Gypsy Gold Films. I am an independent filmmaker in the middle of raising funding for my first feature documentary, ...

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The Lost World of the Suffragettes

Helen G14 February 2012

Radio 4's recent "Archive on 4" strand presented an absorbing documentary which examined archive recordings of interviews with suffragettes ...

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