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Beverley Knight to star as suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst in musical

Singer and actress Beverly Knight will star as suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst in highly-anticipated musical Sylvia at The Old Vic theatre. Following its first appearance as a work-in-progress show at the famous London venue 2018, Sylvia will ...

06 Oct 2022 at 02:51

Police ledger with mugshot of woman convicted of 1917 PM murder plot to be sold

A century-old police ledger featuring a mugshot of a one-time suffragette and anti-war campaigner convicted on the evidence of a British spy of conspiring to kill the prime minister is going under the hammer. Alice Wheeldon, a women’s rights ...

03 Oct 2022 at 13:25

Emmeline Pankhurst immortalised by Madame Tussauds for International Women’s Day

Modern-day activists such as Florence Given joined Madame Tussauds London to unveil its new Emmeline Pankhurst waxwork ahead of International Women’s Day. The leading Suffragette has been immortalised by the London attraction 120 years ...

06 Mar 2023 at 13:41

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David Bowie’s handwritten lyric sheet could fetch £100,000 at auction

David Bowie’s handwritten lyric sheet for two of his hit songs could fetch up to £100,000 when it goes under the hammer next week. It documents the late singer’s corrections, drafts and notes when creating his tracks Rock N Roll ...

24 Nov 2023 at 23:04

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Life-size Lego model lands in Derry as part of this year’s Workers Rights and Social Justice Programme

A life-sized model of a Suffragette will be on display in The Tower Museum this month as part of this year’s Worker’s Rights and Social Justice Programme. Standing at an impressive 170cm tall and made up of over 32,000 bricks, ...

02 May 2024 at 21:33

Model of suffragette’s 1909 rooftop protest donated to library where it happened

A model exploring a suffragette’s rooftop protest in 1909 has been acquired by the library where it happened. American women’s rights activist Alice Paul, then aged 24, climbed on to the roof of St Andrew’s Halls in Glasgow, ...

08 Sept 2022 at 12:59

Old police ledger featuring 1917 PM murder plotter’s mugshot sells for £10,500

A century-old police ledger featuring a mugshot of a suffragette and anti-war campaigner convicted of conspiring to kill the Prime Minister smashed its estimate to fetch £10,500 at auction. Alice Wheeldon, a women’s rights ...

19 Oct 2022 at 15:13

Suffragette Indian princess commemorated with plaque by English Heritage

A blue plaque honouring a suffragette Indian princess has been unveiled at her former London home. Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, daughter of the last ruler of the Sikh empire, goddaughter to Queen Victoria and a ...

26 May 2023 at 17:25

Suffragette great-granddaughter: We want to galvanise women to get out and vote

Toxicity and negativity are creating a backwards step in gender equality, campaigner Professor Helen Pankhurst has said, as she urged employers to be flexible so women can get out and vote on July 4. The ...

11 Jun 2024 at 10:00

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