Launch of First in the Fight
Congratulations to Helen Antrobus and Andrew Simcock for the launch of their exciting new book (Thursday 14 November). First in the Fight tells the compelling stories of the twenty women featured on the Our…
Congratulations to Helen Antrobus and Andrew Simcock for the launch of their exciting new book (Thursday 14 November). First in the Fight tells the compelling stories of the twenty women featured on the Our…
“It was in October, 1903, that I invited a number of women to my house in Nelson Street, Manchester, for purposes of organisation. We voted to call our new society the Women’s Social and Political…
Popular Culture and Protest Maria Balshaw and Hazel Reeves Friday 24 May, 5.30pm, Charleston Farmhouse, nr. Lewes Maria Balshaw, Director of Tate, and me, discuss the interaction between popular culture and protest and the impact…
Fond memories. Just watched ‘Secrets of the McVitie’s Factory’ on Ch5 (7 April 2019). Great to see the retired women biscuit factory workers – the Cracker Packers – Grace, Ann, Susan, and Jean, who helped…
UPDATED: 5 December 2018 The historical unveiling of Emmeline Pankhurst’s statue will be the first of a woman in Manchester since Queen Victoria was unveiled in 1901. The unveiling takes place on the…
Huckleberry Films and the BBC and Press Association joined us at Bronze Age Sculpture Casting Foundry (Limehouse, London) on the 25 October to film the alchemy of the Our Emmeline bronze pour (see below).
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Thanks to Nigel Kingston for the photos, taken Monday 20th August 2018.
We hit the national news with the unveiling of the stone Pankhurst Meeting Circle to celebrate Emmeline’s 160th birthday, which I designed to later encircle the bronze Emmeline (being unveiled 14 December 2018). Our new…
Excellent documentary by Helen Tither, presented by Sally Lindsay, that I was honoured to be part of. Showing 8 June, 7.30pm on BBC One North West and on BBC4, 18 June 7.30pm. Also available on…
Come and see Emmeline at the Collectors’ Selection Open House during the Brighton May Festival 2018 (all weekends, including Bank Holiday Mondays). This year focuses on innovative 3-D work, with all profit going towards the…