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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Robert Dex and Arts Correspondent

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

A campaigner against the Garrick Club’s all-male membership policy has called for more high-profile members to resign from it unless it changes its “ridiculously outdated rule”.

Fashion entrepreneur Emily Bendell first challenged the single sex policy in 2020 when she organised a petition calling for change at the Covent Garden club, which opened its doors in 1831 and has around 1,500 members.

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