'Where's Sylvia?': Beverley Knight calls for new Pankhurst statue in Manchester

Manchester Evening News - Oct 18, 2026

Beverley Knight takes a starring role in the new hip hop musical Sylvia which examines the extraordinary lives of the revolutionary Pankhurst family from Manchester. And she says more should be done to honour Suffragette history

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