To-do lists of the UK’s most prominent women revealed in new exhibition

Michael Clarke13 March 2016

The real to-do lists of some of the UK’s most prominent women have been made public in a new exhibition that opened in Southwark this week.

The Pram In The Hall collection was created by artist Alice Instone to coincide with International Women’s Day.

Inspiration for the show came when the English artist moved house and found her life consumed by chores.

She said: “Fretting about my lack of productivity I realised that’s where it had gone - into these notebooks, full of to do lists, domestic trivia, they told the story of the pram in the hall.

The exhibition takes a look at how women’s to-do lists reflect a state of mind and the division of domestic work between men and women.

“Talking to other women I found the same. I also discovered the cult of the list – colour-coded, subdivided and categorised - and admissions at the school gate of adding completed tasks to make ourselves feel better.”

Along with her own lists, Instone also collected a revealing selection from Shami Chakrabarti, Emilia Fox and Sadie Frost.

The collection, on display at 1 Cathedral Street, runs until 26 March.

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