Inside the Garrick Club’s equality row
For 190 years the exclusive Garrick Club has been men only. Now Cherie Blair has joined a growing number of women (and men) demanding change
- Words by: Tom Ward
For 190 years the exclusive Garrick Club has been men only. Now Cherie Blair has joined a growing number of women (and men) demanding change
For 190 years the exclusive Garrick Club has been men only. Now Cherie Blair has joined a growing number of women (and men) demanding change
Groucho Marx famously declared he would not deign to become a member of any club that would have him. The Groucho, on Soho’s Dean Street, might not have had the pleasure of inviting him in, but it does bare his name and has become famous as a hole in the wall retreat for creatives from Damien Hirst to Damon Albarn. How Groucho would have fared in such company will never be known (he died eight years before the club opened in 1985), but our guess is he may have swallowed his words (and a pint or two).
Groucho Marx famously declared he would not deign to become a member of any club that would have him. The Groucho, on Soho’s Dean Street, might not have had the pleasure of inviting him in, but it does bare his name and has become famous as a hole in the wall retreat for creatives from Damien Hirst to Damon Albarn. How Groucho would have fared in such company will never be known (he died eight years before the club opened in 1985), but our guess is he may have swallowed his words (and a pint or two).
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