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Even Emily Davidson who died beneath the hooves of the King’s horse at the 1913 Epsom Derby and whose heroic sacrifice drew more attention to her cause, might have been more a victim of circumstance than of principle as suggested by the presence of the return ticket found in her handbag. Similarly, the militant Dundee suffragists who left four postmen severely injured by phosphorus chemicals left in pillar boxes. None of the incidents recalled above in anyway diminish the validity of the Suffragettes’ cause, nor the shame that it should have been necessary in the first place. The point is that we tend to remember what we choose to remember and obliterate anything that might be regarded (in possibly Al Gore’s most/only memorable phrase) as “an inconvenient truth”. Anon Inspires online For news of activities and events across the seven dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church, check out the diocesan websites: Aberdeen & Orkney www.aberdeen.anglican.org Argyll & The Isles www.argyll.anglican.org Brechin www.brechin.anglican.org Edinburgh www.edinburgh.anglican.org Glasgow & Galloway www.glasgow.anglican.org Moray, Ross & Caithness www.morayepiscopalchurch.scot St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane www.standrews.anglican.org Pisky.Scot is a new online magazine of the Scottish Episcopal Church. It was launched in June when the printed inspires magazine came to an end. Register with Pisky.Scot and you’ll receive regular updates of the articles posted there. 25