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invited by Kim Thornton ‘Caroline’ A recent newspaper story refers to the invisibility of women within our patriarchal political system: One female Conservative MP tells how, in the weeks after the influx of new female Tories into the House of Commons at the last election, some of her male colleagues struggled to tell them apart. They resorted to calling any or all of the new women ‘Caroline’ (Juliette Jowit, political correspondent, The Guardian, Thursday 14 February 2013). My dinner guest ‘Caroline’ represents invisible women of all ages and circumstances wherever they may be. South London Women Artists I’m Inside, Ring The Bell 31