10 Fiery Spells, 9 March 2025

International Women's Day weekend special

1. My mother-in-law, Lillian Adams, worked on the TUC rally around International Women’s Year celebration in 1975 – the first year International Women’s Day was officially recognised by the United Nations. She worked on it with Ethel Chipchase, a remarkable woman, whose name I didn’t know until Lill told me about her a few weeks ago, which made me wonder a…