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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’

The Guardian - UK · 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

Evening Standard · Mar 21, 2024

OPINION - Who are these snowflakes whining about the men-only Garrick? Grow up, single-sex spaces are fine

So, a coup for The Guardian. After publishing a list of the members of the male-only Garrick Club in much the same spirit as it might out members of the English Defence League, it has now got three members to resign. Simon Case, head of the Civil Service after telling…

Evening Standard · Mar 21, 2024

Talking Point: Should the Garrick Club allow women membership?

The subject of the Garrick Club’s “gentlemen only” policy, which has been in operation for 191 years, has reared its head once more after MPs have backed a motion calling for the institution to revoke its policy. The motion was tabled by Daisy Cooper, Liberal Democrat MP for St Albans,…

Evening Standard · Apr 8, 2022

Campaign to end Garrick Club’s 191-year ban on female members reaches the Commons

The campaign to end the “outrageous” 191-year ban on women joining the Garrick Club has reached Parliament, with a demand for a fresh vote on opening membership to all.

Evening Standard · Apr 8, 2022