Lynx Theatre and Poetry

We were very sad to hear of the death of Rita Pankhurst, widow of Sylvia Pankhurst’s son Richard, at the age of 92. Rita, together with Richard, was enormously helpful and encouraging to Lynx Theatre and Poetry when we were planning Sylvia back in 1987. Rita was particularly helpful, as Head of the Library Services at the City of London Polytechnic, in showing us sources of information about Sylvia Pankhurst. Before leaving for Ethiopia in 1987, Rita asked William Alderson a