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Alice Hughes

Alice Hughes (1857-1939) was a renowned studio portraitist based in London during the later years of the nineteenth century. She worked primarily in her Gower Street studio, which employed over fifty assistants and process workers at one time - all women.
PlanetHeroines
29th October 2024
MagazineThe Collection

1913 Cat and Mouse Act

The 1913 Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill-Health) Act, colloquially known as the Cat and Mouse Act, represented a controversial legislative response to the challenges posed by the suffragette movement in early 20th-century Britain.
PlanetHeroines
18th September 2024
Interview

An Interview with Diane Dawson

While the Fringe rages on in Edinburgh, Scotland's art capital, it's in Glasgow where a deeply connected community of artists thrives. The 'creative quarter', as artist Diane Dawson calls it, pulsates with life in the city's hidden belly.
PlanetHeroines
10th September 2024

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