There’s actually a place for single-sex clubs. They just need to be justified
by Oliver Keens
Jun 01, 2024
4 minutes
Even though the Garrick Club voted at the start of May to admit women after, the issue of anachronistic men’s clubs isn’t going away anytime soon. This week, another posh, male-only establishment – London’s 140-year-old Flyfishers’ Club, based in a grand clubhouse in Mayfair – . Leading female angler and instructor Marina Gibson, who has just written the book , called out the club – whose patron is King Charles – at the Hay Festival this week. In response, the club’s president, Alastair Collett, told this week that “the matter is under consideration” and may be put to a membership vote.
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