The Oldie

Ladies in waiting

Some institutions move with the times. Others prefer to resist the tide. The Garrick Club has declined, so far, to take advantage of my recently revised opinion about accepting women into the club. I found that, in law, women were now eligible for membership.

A similar debate is going on at Gray's Inn, the Inn of Court where I am a Bencher. In February, the Benchers voted, unlike the Benchers of Lincoln's Inn, to retain their title of Master. The other Inns of

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