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The Latest Breaking News from the Garrick Club

Society of Dorset Men admits first female member in 120-year history

Elizabeth Day joins husband in society founded in 1904 to encourage Dorset men to socialise in London

The Guardian - UK

Simon Case 'rejoins Garrick club' six months after resigning amid row over ban on women members

The head of the civil service resigned after he was named on a list of 80 senior male figures in politics, the law and arts who were members while women were excluded

Evening Standard

There’s actually a place for single-sex clubs. They just need to be justified

If we organise a monthly lads poker night or a female book group, are we as guilty of being exclusionary as the Garrick Club? Maybe we all need to mix up our social circles more, suggests Oliver Keens – or at least acknowledge when they’re not mixed at all

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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

The Independent UK

Judi Dench 'set to be first female member of Garrick club'

The club’s general committee was reportedly due to meet on Friday evening to decide on the 89-year-old actress’ membership

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

OPINION - The Garrick Club will now accept women members — why did it take 193 years?

After nearly two centuries of exclusion, the Garrick Club has finally been dragged into the 21st century by agreeing to open its doors to women members.

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Garrick Club votes to accept women members for first time in its 193-year history

Actress Juliet Stevenson says she would be ‘interested’ in becoming a member following the rule change

Evening Standard

‘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

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

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

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

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

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

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The Guardian - UK

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

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

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

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

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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.

Evening Standard

Four judges resign from Garrick Club as storm grows over men-only membership policy

More judges may have resigned but not told the Judicial Office

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

The Guardian view on the Garrick: what the old boys’ club costs the rest of us

Editorial: The exclusion of women tells us something about the men who choose to be part of it

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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