Cracker Packers on Ch 5
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…
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Our Emmeline in The Economist
The Economist journalist Joel Budd interviewed me for ‘They could be heroes: Britain is in the midst of a Victorian-style statue mania’. Our Emmeline gets a name check and photo in this interesting article. The…
Our Emmeline unveiled!
What an amazing day. Best estimates are that we were joined by 6,000 people in St Peter’s Square, Manchester, many of whom had noisily and colourfully marched from the Pankhurst Centre or the People’s History…
Our Emmeline unveiling -14 December
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…
The Our Emmeline bronze pour – in film
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).
Hazel features in ARTICULATE anniversary edition
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Emmeline ready for casting
Thanks to Nigel Kingston for the photos, taken Monday 20th August 2018.
Unveiled: Pankhurst Meeting Circle
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…
The Making of a Militant – BBC One & BBC 4
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…
Collectors’ Selection – raising funds for Hove Plinth
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…
Hove Plinth launched!
A real party atmosphere on the seafront marked the launch of the Hove Plinth and its inaugural sculpture, Constellation, by Jonathan Wright. You’ll find the Plinth on the King’s Esplanade, end of Grand Avenue, Hove.…