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What to know about ‘Red Ellen’, the radical MP whose portrait is now hanging at 11 Downing Street

Before announcing changes to Britain’s tax system in her first budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves redecorated her own digs. The headline change was swapping a portrait of Nigel Lawson, Margaret Thatcher’s chancellor, with one of Ellen Wilkinson – a trailblazing politician known as “Red Ellen”.

The Conversation · Nov 6, 2024

Rachel Reeves swaps Nigel Lawson portrait for one of Labour MP ‘Red Ellen’

Chancellor has previously pledged to ensure all art in No 11 is either by female artists or of female figures

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2024

The best theatre to stream this month: Red Pitch, Constellations and more

Our roundup of plays to watch at home in May includes The Tempest with Jessie Buckley, Robert Icke’s The Doctor staged in Amsterdam and Amanda Wilkin’s superb solo show Shedding a Skin

The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2022

Story of Jarrow Crusade's Red Ellen to feature on BBC2 this week ahead of Newcastle stage debut

Team behind new play about the remarkable life of Labour firebrand MP will appear on BBC2's Inside Culture with Mary Beard this Friday

Chronicle Live · Feb 23, 2022