"Daring? Well yes, I suppose it was daring."

[several_bees]

This week's best thing ever: recordings of suffragettes going back to 1937.

The Holly-and-roz-mcclure Society of Feminists Who Suddenly Feel Bad About Not Fighting The Patriarchy With Airships particularly recommends:

Muriel Matters, who sounds wonderfully as if she's reading out a children's book to a class of eager five-year-olds. It was quite a little

Comments

[thewronghands]

This is brilliant, thanks! I haven't an airship, but I am getting more inclined towards flying helicopters....

[several_bees]

I think the problem is with the lack of a catchy slogan. VOTES FOR WOMEN: pretty clear. HEY, THE PATRIARCHY IS BAD AND WE SHOULD GET RID OF IT, LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT I MEAN BY PATRIARCHY AND WHY IT IS BAD: less so.

[jiggery_pokery]

Unrelatedly: due to lameness, I have neglected to prebook a ticket for the Sandpit in Newcastle, a mere forty miles north of here, and was both pleasantly and unpleasantly surprised to see the recent hidingseeking Tweet that pre-booking tickets have sold out. Accordingly, please would you suggest at what time should I turn up in order to get a ticket on the door and to try to get into the games of my choice?