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Unappealing as some life peers are, entitled lords are defending the indefensible

Tony Blair’s bodged upper house reform enabled a kind of Garrick Club, with no risk of women

The Guardian - UK

Judi Dench and Siân Phillips become first female members of Garrick Club

Exclusive: Veteran actors fast-tracked into venerable London club in wake of men-only rule being jettisoned after 193 years

The Guardian - UK

Pressure mounts on Britain’s oldest fly-fishing club to admit women after Garrick Club vote

King Charles patron to gentleman’s club subject to calls for female inclusivity

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Garrick Club and Women’s Institute swapping members would benefit society

Letters: Neil Hanson, Polly Bissett and Alistair Gregory on the club’s decision to accept women

The Guardian - UK

Garrick Club victory for women ‘is a win on the long road to gender equality’

Private members club’s decision to allow female members for the first time in its 193-year history welcomed by campaigner

Evening Standard

What is the Garrick Club? London private members' club accepts women for first time after vote

Stephen Fry is among the celebrities backing the change following months of speculation and controversy about exclusionism

Evening Standard

Wednesday briefing: What Israel’s Rafah offensive means for the prospect of peace

In today’s newsletter: As an assault on a key route for aid is underway, we look at how the humanitarian crisis will unfold and the prospects for a ceasefire

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Members of London’s Garrick Club vote to let women join for first time

Vote followed outrage over membership list that revealed the club was a bastion of Britain’s establishment.

Al Jazeera

‘No longer remotely defensible’: Garrick’s decision to admit women shows times have changed

Issue was not existence of men-only clubs but uniqueness of Garrick’s powerful membership list casting unflattering spotlight on British establishment

The Guardian - UK

‘Where actors and men of refinement might meet’: history of the Garrick Club

London club had been unsuccessfully challenged on its men-only rule over the years before finally changing policy

The Guardian - UK

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

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

Penny Mordaunt’s fairytale jibe: the tooth hurts

Brief letters: Dental decay | Wedding dresses | Cleaning the Garrick Club | Duane Eddy | Blocked loo logbooks

The Guardian - UK

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

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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

Friday briefing: Scotland’s new hate crime law descends into disarray

In today’s newsletter: In today’s newsletter: Scotland’s new Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act was supposed to protect its most vulnerable communities. Instead, it’s served only to create even bigger divides

The Guardian - UK

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

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’

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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

Al Jazeera

‘No women allowed’: The powerful membership of UK’s men-only Garrick Club

Revelations over membership of exclusively male Garrick Club raise questions of power, privilege and discrimination.

The Guardian - UK

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

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

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

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

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’

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