Comedian Zoe Lyons to MC “Double Standards” Jazz Concert 4th March
Brighton-based comedian Zoe Lyons has agreed to act as MC on 4th March at our benefit concert “Double Standards”. Like our great singers, Claire Martin and Liane Carroll, she is…
Sculptor Denise Dutton begins Work
Our chosen sculptor, Denise Dutton, has begun the early painstaking stages of her work. This will result in a small exact bronze model of what will eventually become the statue….
Council Passes Notice of Motion supporting the Statue
We are very grateful to Independent Councillor Tony Janio of Brighton & Hove City Council. Tony took a Notice of Motion supporting our appeal to the Brighton & Hove Council…
Simon Fanshawe joins as Patron
Great news. Broadcaster, writer and activist Simon Fanshawe has agreed to join the Mary Clarke Statue Appeal’s group of Patrons. He has already proved himself worth his weight in gold…
A New “Song for Mary” in the Making
Jude Winter, Debs Trethewey & Emilia Ballardini (@ballardinix) from feminist post-punk band Siren (@sirenbrighton) met this weekend to record Jude’s new “Song for Mary”, a tribute to Mary Clarke. It will…
Denise Dutton MRSS chosen to sculpt Mary Clarke
Mary Clarke was the first suffragette to give her life for women’s right to Vote but, there is no public memorial to her anywhere in the UK. Brighton, where she…
Why we remember suffragette Minnie Turner
As seen on Brighton and Hove News by Jean Calder November is the month of remembrance. Last week we remembered the horrors of Kristallnacht and World War. This week…
City must honour women’s achievements
As seen on Brighton and Hove Independent By Jean Calder on 9 March 2018 In 1914, on the eve of world war, the Suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst wrote in her…