Sylvia Pankhurst: The Lecture
Taking Pankhurst further
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The children of suffrage
Overshadowed by her less radical relatives, and with her role in socialism and anti-imperialism sometimes ignored completely, her reputation falls short of what was achieved by Sylvia Pankhurst.
Shelley: the lecture
In the first major TV consideration of her life and work since Alan Partridge explained the distinction between Frankenstein and Frankenstein's monster, Mark Steel reveals the Mary Shelley who created both.
Find out more about Sylvia Pankhurst in this programme from the BBC/OU Mark Steel Lectures.
Tracing her life from schooldays in radical Manchester to retirement in rural Essex, when Haile Selassie occasionally came to call, Sylvia Pankhurst the revolutionary and Rastafarian sympathiser is brought to life as only Mark Steel can. From a bed-in with Keir Hardie to Kill Bill style ju-jitsu, here’s everything you didn’t know about this pioneer of democracy.
Recalling a time when Manchester was the most radical city in Britain, this latest instalment in Mark Steel’s comedy lecture series resonates with today’s human rights campaigners and anti-war radicals, as well as containing a short section revealing the best type of stone to smash windows with.
This episode was filmed in London and Manchester, as Addis Ababa was a bit too far.
Content last updated: 06/10/2004
