February 2014
#Emilymatters – Parliament event – Reflections on a Piece of History in the Making
A special Parliamentary performance and debate around the life of Emily Wilding Davison and the impact of her legacy on feminism today. On Thursday 13th February 2014, an historic event took place in the House of Commons when ‘To Freedom’s Cause‘, my play about suffragette Emily Davison was performed to a packed audience as part of a […]
#Emilymatters – Petition – Emily Davison Statue in Parliament Campaign
In a recent article Cathy Newman likened the Conservative Party’s frontbenches to “a sea of blokes in dark suits“. However, the Houses of Parliament as a whole continues to have a woeful record with regards to women’s representation. The most recent IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union) statistics list the UK in 59th place in the world, with women […]
