Actor Stephen Fry and journalist James Naughtie were among those who gave speeches arguing for the admission of women, reports said.
With Trea Turner out and J.T. Realmuto getting the night off, Merrifield finally got to bat second, a slot he believes is a natural fit for him.
With Trea Turner out and J.T. Realmuto getting the night off, Merrifield finally got to bat second, a slot he believes is a natural fit for him.
Members back dropping men-only rule in place for 193 years, after Guardian revealed details of membership list‘Where actors and men of refinement might meet’: Garrick Club historyThe men-only Garrick Club has finally voted to allow women to become members, 193 years after the London institution first opened its doors.The vote was passed with 59.98% of votes in favour at the end of a private meeting where several hundred members spent two hours debating whether to permit women to join. Continue...
Members of Britain's exclusive all-male Garrick Club voted on Tuesday to permit women to join the institution for the first time in its 193-year history.
Issue was not existence of men-only clubs but uniqueness of Garrick’s powerful membership list casting unflattering spotlight on British establishmentGarrick Club votes to accept female members for first timeWho cares that an elite organisation full of mostly elderly white men has decided to allow women to join them in a small central London private members’ club?Such was the reaction of many of the club’s members who had responded with extreme ill-temper to the Guardian’s recent decision to...
Last night’s membership vote is a step in the right direction, but this remains a closed, elite institutionBritain’s “old boys’ club” suffered a blow last night. The Garrick Club – an exclusive gentlemen’s club in central London and relic of some 19th-century fantasy of male dominance – voted to allow women to become members for the first time in almost 200 years. About 60% of the votes were in favour. In the 21st century, there is simply no legitimate justification for the exclusion of women....
The landmark decision comes after celebrity figures such as Stephen Fry and Sting threatened to quit the London-based club unless members pledged to allow women into the men-only space.