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Garrick Club votes to accept female members for first time

Members back dropping men-only rule in place for 193 years, after Guardian revealed details of membership list

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2024

Men-only Garrick Club to vote on admitting women as members

Meeting on Tuesday evening will debate the issue after new legal analysis of 193-year-old rulebook

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2024

The Garrick Club needs women. But try telling that to the members with the locker-room bants

Only women can rid the club of the guardians of the Y-chromosome’s ‘we’ve always done it this way’ misogyny

The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2024

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Bitterly divided Garrick Club prepares to vote on female membership again

Tuesday’s debate on whether the existing rules do not in fact bar women comes amid rising resignations and threats

The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2024

OPINION - Rachel Johnson: Forget the Garrick, women — single-sex spaces matter

Achtung! It is time the capital dragged its appalled gaze from the chaos on Mein Campus in the US to the crisis in London’s Clubland. For an historic vote in the Garrick Club, which could roll the pitch for the full admission of women after a mere 200 years of…

Evening Standard · May 2, 2024

Sting and Stephen Fry threaten to resign from Garrick Club unless it admits women members

The actor and singer have co-signed a letter with some of London’s leading theatre producers

Evening Standard · May 2, 2024

Admit women or we quit, Sting and Stephen Fry tell Garrick

In letter ahead of vote, signatories including Mark Knopfler say relations with female colleagues have been damaged

The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2024

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High court judge removed from case in part due to his Garrick membership

Sir Jonathan Cohen was due to hear case involving alleged rape victim but second judge ruled he should not hear it

The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2024

Garrick edges closer to admitting female members after 193 years of exclusion

Move comes after Guardian revealed names of powerful men among club’s exclusive membership

The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2024

We don’t need the Garrick. We can all club together at a pub

The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2024

Garrick Club asked to consider membership for seven leading women

A group of men at the club who hope the male-only rule will change have nominated a set of possible new members

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2024

Protesters deliver letter to Garrick Club condemning exclusion of women

Dozens of lawyers and MP sign letter attacking club as ‘a symbol of exclusivity, a bastion of power maintained by the privileged few’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2024

Clubs such as Garrick can create bias in selecting judges, Bar Council warns

Membership of exclusive clubs can be ‘unfair advantage’ for some lawyers seeking to move into judiciary, says barristers’ body

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2024

Lawyer who raised ‘boys’ club’ concerns over judgment accused of misconduct

Charlotte Proudman posted tweets critical of ruling by Sir Jonathan Cohen, a Garrick Club member

The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2024

Judges didn’t see what the fuss over Garrick Club was about – they do now

Twelve years after former supreme court president Brenda Hale criticised membership, judges seem to finally grasp what she meant

The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2024

At least four judges resign from men-only Garrick Club after backlash

Exclusive: Move comes as issue of membership of organisation that bars women is being taken seriously at highest levels of judiciary

The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2024

Garrick Club judges show that Dickens was correct

Letters: Paul Keleher KC says some lawyers fail to grasp a simple concept, while Petrina Stevens says it seems that some judges don’t understand what discrimination really is. Plus letters from Fiona MacArthur, Dr Elly Hanson and Dee Northover

The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2024

‘It’s beyond satire’: Tumultuous week at Garrick Club as members speak out

The all-male private club is seeking new legal advice, the chairman said, as he urged members not to resign

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The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2024

Equality groups urge cultural elite to give up Garrick Club membership

Campaigners call for ‘outdated structures’ that undermine progress and encourage inequality to be dismantled

The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2024

Garrick revelations strike nerve given MI6 chief’s diversity push

News the MI6 head belonged to the men-only club is embarrassing to the service in light of its campaign to become less male and white

The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2024

The Garrick row is not about women getting in – it’s about the dinosaurs desperate to keep us out

Beleaguered members cite tradition, but this is an attempt to protect powerful men from society’s progress, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2024

Friday briefing: What the Garrick Club’s men only policy says about Britain

In today’s newsletter: In today’s newsletter: The Guardian’s revelations about the male members of London’s elite institution has resulted in high-profile resignations. But will anything change?

The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2024

Lawyers call on judges in Garrick Club to give up membership

Exclusive: Letter with more than 60 signatories says membership ‘perpetuates systemic discrimination against women’

Evening Standard · Mar 21, 2024

Garrick Club: Campaigner calls for more public figures to resign membership amid storm over men-only policy

After Civil Service and MI6 heads leave club amid fresh controversy over policy, demands grow for others to follow

The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2024

‘Nothing in the language excludes admission of women’: KC issues opinion on Garrick Club rules

Opinion from David Pannick KC was sought by members who are in favour of women being admitted

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