Mari Takayanagi

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Archives, history, heritage. Women and Parliament. #NecessaryWomen. London. COYS https://www.maritakayanagi.com

Exhibition structure of white panels and artworks hung on it inside Westminster Hall, with tall stone walls and hammer beam roof
Metal plaque saying Boothroyd opened the library as Chancellor of the OU in 2006
Black and white printed text on a page, an extract from the Law Society council minutes
Painted wallpaper showing a man sitting in a tree - Frank Whittle who invented the jet engine
Balloon shaped glass with slice of lime at bottom, on black marbled table and weird wallpaper in background
Stone church with a grey spire that twists like a witch’s hat, pink blossom and green trees in foreground
Chloe’s title slide for her talk ‘I have been examined a great Many times’: Parliamentary divorce 1801-57
Working from home set up with rubber suffragette duck on desk, New Dawn colourful print on wall behind and a suffrage teatowel hanging over a monitor
Cup of tea and half eaten honey bun on table, quiet London street in background with tall brown buildings (Store St)
Blue plaque mounted on an information board outside a white terrace house, me standing alongside
Screengrab showing the Guardian Football Weekly podcast logo, the podcast title ‘Glory glory Tottenham Hotspur’ and PAUSED
Glass of red wine with ice, Fruit and straw. A bar in background
Glamorous portrait of Victoria Eugenia by de Laszlo
Bronze statue of young woman in long dress and sleeves
Newspaper clipping with photo of Poyser and headline ‘Women’s Post in the Lords - work on records’
Hugh Laurie as House MD with amazing blue eyes
Rubber duck in a purple jacket and boater hat, with eyelashes and a brown wavy hair, holding Votes for Women board and wearing rosette
Ayesha Hazarika, Karen Bradley, Mari Takayanagi, Jennie Davey and Gillian Shepherd sitting at a table with red tablecloth, with red wallpaper and white mantlepiece behind. Everyone is smiling
Philharmonie exterior: a silver metallic building with big ramp and swirling sides
Sign on wall for Playing with Fire
Conference building exterior, red brick with many white framed windows and paved courtyard in front
A black chain partly wrapped in white-ish thread with padlock on a white tablecloth
Bean casserole with rice and flatbread on plate, and glass of white wine behind
Chapel, a bright modern room with white walls and wooden chairs, images of bookshelves at front and a presentation screen, with audience gathering for talk
Me standing beside a big rock with a granite plaque on it
A desk with laptop, file, paper and pencil, lamp, book on book cushion, pile of books. Bookshelves in background
Laminated sign ‘Desk reserved for viewing Archives and Special Collections’
Brass coloured wall plaque engraved with names and details of 5 Welsh nurses killed during First World War
Large white marble memorial depicting William and Catherine Gladstone lying down at rest together
Pair of stained glass windows depicting saints, Helen Gladstone mentioned at bottom
Three tiers of plates of sandwiches, cakes and scones, with pot of tea on side and me sitting behind
Adrian and me standing outside Gladstone’s Library, a monumental stone building with green lawn
Me standing in front of a majestic stone building with green lawn
Lying down on a grassy lawn by an old stone house on Isle of Skye in 2022 in honour of Voods
Display board in the exhibition showing a small part of the church ceiling and pillars.
A room filled with artificial greenery, trees and green lighting, with exhibition cases and interpretation along the way
Copy of ‘Necessary Women - the Untold Story of Parliament’s working women’ on a bookshelf
A shaggy shepherd type dog standing in a room with wooden floor, staring at a bacon sandwich (mine) on plate in foreground
Large society portrait of a young Nancy Astor with big hair in a white dress
Son wearing a grey tracksuit with a black rucksack, pictured in an advertisement for luggage on a wall (taken in Rockefeller Centre New York in January)
Display case of documents about peace campaigns
Sign hung on a railing advertising ‘Joyce Butler: The National Women’s MP’ exhibition
Modern room with a speaker (Lord Norton) at a lectern, panel members sitting behind a table and large screens saying ‘Tales from the green benches - live podcast’
Small empty bottle and full glass of rosado cava
Lavender flowers, a sea of purple with #BonusBee
View of river and London Eye from terrace with copy of Necessary Women and glass of wine in foreground
Standing in front of shelves full of books. A copy of Necessary Women is displayed on the top shelf next to a picture of Pugin. Eagle eyes might spot three purple spines on the left which are more copies of Necessary Women
Portrait of Handel in an elaborate gold frame
Seven bottles of Frome Valley wine with a variety of coloured labels
Two glasses of sparkling wine on a table outside with green grass and blue sky behind
A folded naan sandwich on a blue and white plate
Sign saying ‘Access to the forbidden garden’ and ‘do not enter’ in English and French
Vase of flowers, red bottle bag, variety of small gifts on a table
Conference room with big screen, Georgina and Daniel standing at front
TV screen with Europa logo and female presenter
Room with chairs in foreground and screen on wall showing first panel
Display board featuring Edith Summerskill
Display board featuring Mrs Hodges in the Westminster Munitions Unit, with Westminster Hall hammerbeam roof and WW2 memorial stained glass window in background
Big screen showing Queen Mary University of London with panel sitting below
Big screen showing black and white document about SUS stop and search in 1980s, Ayshah speaking at side