Suffragettes

It takes a brave person to stand up and back a revolution. Sometimes it takes an even braver one to call out its weaknesses.

Today we're thinking about the centenary of the 1918 Representation of the People Act, which gave (some, but not all) women in the UK the right to vote for the first time. It was a .

We're going to be leaving behind a lot of big radical anniversaries in 2017: the hundredth anniversary of the ; the International Brigades' first combat experience defending the in 1937; seventy years since Indian independence.But 2018 has loads more in store for us.

Get new post updates We recently shared some posts on Facebook showing several of our poster tea towels and oven gloves. It kicked off a bit of a debate... Some people even got quite offended!