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Review: Sylvia

Review: Sylvia

Sylvia, a hip-hop musical which casts Black actors as the Suffragettes, is having its world premiere at the Old Vic
Artefact of the Week: Statue of Robert Owen

Artefact of the Week: Statue of Robert Owen

Patrick Evans looks at the history of a curious bronze statue, considering Robert Owen’s involvement in the cooperative movement
Manchester to unveil Emmeline Pankhurst statue in 2018

Manchester to unveil Emmeline Pankhurst statue in 2018

The statue will be unveiled in 2018, 100 years since some women first got the vote

Helen Pankhurst speaks to The Mancunion

For International Women’s Day 2016, the GDI celebrated the history of feminism with a screening of Suffragette. Afterwards we spoke to Helen Pankhurst, great-granddaughter of Emmeline, about how the fight for equality is far from over

The hypocrisy of white western feminism

Jessica Chow-Lau examines the modern feminist movement and its problematic middle-class, white focus

HOME Pick of the Week: Suffragette

Suffragette successfully chronicles the early feminist movement and manages to be both intellectually and emotionally stimulating

My Political Hero: Jessie Stephen

Suffragette, workers’ advocate, domestic servant, all-round awesome individual