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‘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.

Al Jazeera

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

Thanks, chaps, for trying to reform the Garrick from within. We’re OK without

With such a roll call of gargoyles, women would surely refrain from joining the exclusive London club anyway

The Guardian - UK

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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

Garrick revelations strike nerve given MI6 chief’s diversity push

News the MI6 head belonged to the men-only club is embarrassing to the service in light of its campaign to become less male and white

The Guardian - UK

The Garrick row is not about women getting in – it’s about the dinosaurs desperate to keep us out

Beleaguered members cite tradition, but this is an attempt to protect powerful men from society’s progress, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

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

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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

‘Nothing in the language excludes admission of women’: KC issues opinion on Garrick Club rules

Opinion from David Pannick KC was sought by members who are in favour of women being admitted

The Guardian - UK

Resignations of Case and Moore prompt difficult questions for Garrick members

Both men U-turn within 24 hours of refusing to resign as colleagues and critics express dismay at club’s continuing lack of diversity

The Guardian - UK

Head of civil service and MI6 chief resign Garrick membership

Exclusive: Top civil servant Simon Case follows Richard Moore in announcing decision to quit male-only club

The Guardian - UK

UK’s top civil servant and head of MI6 urged to quit Garrick Club

Critics say Simon Case and Richard Moore’s membership of all-male club shows poor leadership and judgment

The Guardian - UK

Garrick Club’s men-only members list reveals roll-call of British establishment

Exclusive: Details made public for first time prompt anger over how many influential figures belong to club that bars women

The Guardian - UK

Julian Nagelsmann reveals father was German spy who took his own life

Julian Nagelsmann has spoken about the death of his father, who he revealed worked in the country’s equivalent of MI6 before ending his own life

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Review of MI6 worker Gareth Williams’ death finds no new DNA evidence

Code-breaker was found dead inside a padlocked holdall at his London flat in 2010

International Business Times UK

British Businessman Imprisoned In China On Spy Charges

The businessman disappeared from public life in 2018.

The Guardian - UK

Faithless Tories feign loyalty to Rish! with all the plausibility of a Nadine Dorries story

After Simon Clarke proposed yet another leadership switch, most Tory MPs looked the other way – but Nadine sees deeper intrigue

Latin Times

Beneath the Bustle: London's Underground Wonders Set to Transform into a Cultural Tourist Destination

Local opponents include a British lawmaker and landlords of a psychotherapy and counselling venue

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International Business Times

Tunnel Vision: Subterranean London To Become Tourist Hub?

A battle is brewing over plans to turn so-called spy tunnels beneath central London into "one of the world's most unique cultural experiences", pitting a global financier against local residents.

The Guardian - UK

Mike Sadler obituary

Last original member of the SAS who used the stars to navigate across the north African desert during the second world war

Evening Standard

Trump re-election could be threat to UK national security, says former MI6 boss

Sir Richard Dearlove said Donald Trump’s possible return to the White House could be ‘problematic’ for the UK if he ‘damages the Atlantic Alliance’.

The Independent UK

China’s security agencies accuse Britain’s MI6 of using foreigner to spy on country

China’s security agencies claim foreigner collected intelligence related to country for British spying

Al Jazeera

China accuses UK of sending spy to access state secrets

China and the UK and its Western allies have traded barbs, accusing each other of espionage.

International Business Times

China Says Foreign Consulting Agency Head Spied For Britain

China's spy agency said Monday the head of a foreign consultancy had been found to be spying for Britain's MI6 intelligence service.

The Conversation

My favourite fictional character: George Smiley is unattractive, overweight, a terrible dresser – and a better spy than James Bond

I grew up in the southeast of England. There wasn’t all that much to do. I remember spending a lot of time at the local cinema. You had to drive to get there. I watched pretty much anything I could.

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