20th November 2022
Constance Roisin discusses with Charlotte Gordon her book Romantic Outlaws: the extraordinary lives of Mary Wollestonecraft and Mary Shelley. There have been a lot of stories told about Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley. In their own lifetime the pair were notorious, not just for their controversial books – A Vindication on the Rights ...
22nd December 2020
Pioneering feminist Mary Wollstonecraft finally had a statue unveiled of her last month, but it left a sour metallic taste in the mouths of many. After a year of tearing down statues of morally corrupt men, it would be nice to celebrate raising a sculpture of someone who represents the ideals we wish to live ...