Virginia Woolf’s relevance today
By Christina Latham One of Fitzrovia’s most notable former residents is the writer Virginia Woolf who is regarded as one of the principal female literary figures of the twentieth century. During her...
View ArticleSee Red Women’s Workshop
By Sue Blundell ‘The State and Sexist Advertising Cause Illness’; ‘Fight the Cuts’; ‘The Freedom of the Press Belongs to Those who Control the Press’. Though these rallying cries may seem completely...
View ArticleRadical women’s art collective revisited in exhibition and talk
There will be an exhibition of posters and a discussion about a 1970s women’s art collective tonight (Friday 26 June) as part of Fitzrovia Festival 2015. Set up in the mid-1970s the See Red Women’s...
View ArticleWhy is there no blue plaque for Doris Lessing in Langham Street?
Did you know that Doris Lessing lived in Holbein Mansion, Langham Street from 1958 to 1962? She rented a flat from her publisher, Howard Samuels, for £5 a week. Doris Lessing (1919 – 2013) was one of...
View ArticleTube map gets a feminist refresh for International Women’s Day
Reimagined Tube map from TfL and City of Women. TfL has on Tuesday launched a reimagined version of the Tube map featuring the names of trailblazing women to mark International Women’s Day. A...
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