Suffragette suffragettes chaining themselves to railings, setting fire to post box contents, smashing windows and eventually detonating bombs. Some radical techniques used by the suffragettes were learned from Russian exiles from tsarism who had escaped to England. In 1914, at least seven churches were bombed or set on fire across the United Kingdom, including Westminster Abbey, where an explosion aimed at destroying the 700-year-old Coronation Chair, only caused minor damage. One suffragette, Emily Davison, died under the King's horse, Anmer, at The Derby on 4 June 1913. It is debated whether she was trying to pull down the horse, attach a
2020 Epsom Derby 2020 Epsom Derby The 2020 Epsom Derby will be the 241st annual running of the Derby horse race and will take place at Epsom Downs Racecourse on 6 June 2020. The race will continue to be sponsored by Investec. The initial entry for the 2020 Epsom Derby, announced in December 2018, consisted of 356 yearlings whose owners paid £xxx for each horse entered. The number of entries was an increase of 18 on the initial entry for the 2019 race, and included 12 horses from the Godolphin organisation and 75 from the Coolmore Stud. Khalid Abdullah entered 16 horses and