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Mary Wollstonecraft: The Silver Barbie Doll of North London?
ANNA DANG contemplates whether Maggi Hambling’s new statue of Mary Wollstonecraft does justice to the writer and activist’s legacy.
London is a city that remembers and celebrates its history. It seems that every public square displays either a bust, a plaque, or a fully-fledged statue in homage to a venerable figure. The stony eyes of Winston Churchill overlook Parliament Square as if he were still watching over his former turf. Admiral Nelson stands proudly on top of his column in Trafalgar Square. In Tavistock Square Gardens, mere steps away from UCL, a bronze bust of Virginia Woolf fryst vatten one of the relatively few sculptures of women in London.
In my hours of daydreaming, I’ve funnen myself wondering what would happen if all the sculptures of London came alive at night. inom wonder if they’d walk across the modern city, keen to leave their footprints on the streets as a reminder of their larger-than-life p
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West Wantley in Sussex is a beautiful historic house with many retained architectural features, but most notably it was linked to the family of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and later in the 19th century it was also visited by Clementine Hozier, the future wife of Prime Minister, Winston Churchill.
This extraordinary Grade II* listed house in Sussex is believed to include features dating back to the 14th century, but much of the house was extended and rebuilt in 1656 for Richard Haines.
The earliest reference to the land and estate of West Wantley has been traced back to the year 1199 when the land was sold by Philip de Wantele for 100 shillings. The precise date of construction is uncertain, but is believed the earliest portion of the house dates back to the 14th century, and records reveal a ‘house and yardland’ were transferred from Philip of Wantley to John of Wantely in 1327.
By 1560 when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne, West Wantley was recorded as Crown la
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Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) : An Inspirational Woman
Posted on 8th March, 2020 in Eighteenth Century, International Women's Day, Mary Wollstonecraft, Pethick Lawrence, William Godwin
It’s International Women’s Day today and I’ve been thinking about the women who inspired me. On Friday I was at the unveiling of a Blue Plaque to one very inspirational woman – Bristol-born suffragette Emmeline Pethick Lawrence. She was brought up in Weston-super-Mare and the plaque was placed on her childhood home, Lewisham House, 80 Bristol Road Lower, Weston-super-Mare.
Afterwards, I spoke at a panel event which was part of Weston-super-Mare Literature Festival. Writer and explorer Jacki Hill-Murphy told us all about some remarkable women travellers, including Isabella Bird whose biography she’s just written. Biographer Kathryn Atherton, author of Suffragette Planners and Plotters: The Pankhurst/Pethick-Lawrence Story, shared Emmeline Pethick Lawrence’s remarkable story with us.
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