{"id":70837,"date":"2023-12-03T02:15:51","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T02:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geels.net\/?p=70837"},"modified":"2023-12-03T02:15:51","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T02:15:51","slug":"emily-prescott-women-to-join-garrick-club-if-stephen-fry-has-his-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geels.net\/beauty\/emily-prescott-women-to-join-garrick-club-if-stephen-fry-has-his-way\/","title":{"rendered":"EMILY PRESCOTT: Women to join Garrick Club, if Stephen Fry has his way"},"content":{"rendered":"
Women\u00a0will finally be able to join London\u2019s Garrick Club if member Stephen Fry gets his way.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chatting at the Fayre of St James\u2019s Christmas Carol Concert, the polymath says he\u2019s confident the 192-year-old club will lift its ban as most members agree it would be better off if it included women.<\/p>\n
Pressure has been mounting on officials to change the rules since Joanna Lumley was denied membership in 2011.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018The Garrick will rub their eyes in amazement that anybody was ever against the idea,\u2019 says Fry. I couldn\u2019t agree more!<\/p>\n
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Women will finally be able to join London\u2019s Garrick Club if member Stephen Fry gets his way<\/p>\n
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Pressure has been mounting on Garrick Club officials to change the rules since Joanna Lumley was denied membership in 2011<\/p>\n
Go girl…Petra\u2019s got <\/span><\/span>youth market bagged<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Petra Ecclestone and her daughter Lavinia<\/p>\n Formula 1 heiress Petra Ecclestone is no stranger to lavish spending \u2013 and now it seems she is keen for young girls to follow suit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The 34-year-old, whose billionaire father Bernie was recently given a suspended sentence for fraud, has entered the business world by setting up a lifestyle brand for young girls called Crickle Daisy, which will sell washbags and make-up brushes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Petra says the brand has been a \u2018creative outlet\u2019 for her and that she has been inspired by her ten-year-old daughter Lavinia, pictured with her, right.<\/span><\/p>\n As if London didn\u2019t already have enough members\u2019 clubs, Soho House has expanded. Hush Mayfair, the restaurant launched by Bond actor Sir Roger Moore in 1999, has been bought by the club chain. Hopefully this will be a golden goose for Soho House, which, according to recent accounts, reported a \u00a342 million debt, with directors noting this as a \u2018growing concern\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n