Handmade 'lesbian are cool' bracelet and lesbian badge.

Maria Jastrzębska shares the powerful stories behind the three objects she is donating to our Queer Museum. Polish-British poet, feminist, editor, translator and playwright, Maria has published three full-length volumes of poetry and two pamphlets. She is the co-founded Queer Writing South and South Pole. In this interview Maria talks about being a girl scout, feminist activism and intersectionality, and the inherent queerness of poetry... Recorded remotely on April 29, 2021 Interview by: Roni Guetta and David Sheppeard Editing and original music by Olive Mondegreen

Marlborough Madams Flyer (2010)

This was the original photograph which was used for the ‘Siren in Queerstreet’ cassette cover.

This review was done after a performance of ‘Pulp’ at the Premises, Norwich Arts Centre. "Siren, here acting women with 'pasts'...will, without a doubt, make it even bigger in the future."

This shows Jude Winter and Jane Boston in ‘Les Les’.

This shows a photo of all of Siren members; Jude Winter, Deb Trethewey, Tash Fairbanks, Hilary Ramsden and Jane Boston.

This shows the photo of Jude Winter that was used on the rear of the vinyl album, ‘Siren Plays’.

This shows a photo of the original members of Siren; Tash Fairbanks, Jude Winter and Jane Boston.

This shows the photo of Tash Fairbanks that was used on the rear of the vinyl album, ‘Siren Plays’.

A collection of images from Siren's cabaret show 'Chic to Chic'. These images show Siren performing ‘Chic to Chic’ in the open air stage at the Vondelpark, Amsterdam.

A collection of images from Siren's cabaret show 'Chic to Chic', in London. 1. This shows Hilary Ramsden and Jude Winter performing in Siren’s cabaret, ‘Chic to Chic’. Photo taken by Alix Adams. 2. This shows Jude Winter and Hilary Ramsden and Jane Boston performing in Siren’s cabaret, ‘Chic to Chic’. Photo taken by Alix Adams. 3. This shows Tash Fairbanks and Hilary Ramsden in ‘Chic to Chic’. Photo taken by Alix Adams. 4. This shows Tash Fairbanks wearing her ‘Keep GLC Working for London’ badge. The Greater London Council was abolished in the month that this photo was taken, March 1986. Photo taken by Alix Adams. Siren wrote a song which they performed as a band called ‘GLC” about what the GLC had funded for women, especially for young women and girls - ‘Girls Nights’ at many youth clubs. 5. This shows Hilary Ramsden, Jude Winter, Jane Boston and Tash Fairbanks in ‘Chic to Chic’. Taken by Cherry Potts.

A collection of images from Siren's show 'Curfew'. 1. This shows a photo of Jane Boston as Charlene and Tasha Fairbanks as Tracey in ‘Curfew’. 2. This shows a photo of Jude Winter and Tasha Fairbanks in ‘Curfew’. 3. This shows a photo of Jude Winter, Tasha Fairbanks and Jane Boston in ‘Curfew’.

A collection of images from Siren's show 'From the Divine'. 1. This shows a photo of Tasha Fairbanks as Harry, together with the ventriloquist’s dummy, also called Harry. Tasha learnt ventriloquism from a book she took out of the library, leading up to the show. In most of the plays, it was mainly Tasha who cross-dressed to take the male parts. 2. This shows two photos from the contact sheet of photos of “From the Divine’. The first is of Jude Winter as Lily dancing with Tasha Fairbanks as Harry. The second is of Jane Boston as Ruby, with Tasha Fairbanks and Jude Winter. Although Siren always requested the return of their photos, this often did not happen, leaving the company without the original prints, hence the use of the contact sheet to show some of the images. 3. This shows a photo from the contact sheet of photos of ‘From the Divine’. It is over Jude Winter as Lily the ‘sweet good girl,’ dancing to the music of Jane Boston as Ruby, the ‘naughty bad girl’, as women were often portrayed during the war. Siren began embracing glamour for this play, leaving behind much of the agitprop look of the earlier shows.

A collection of images from Siren's play 'Hotel Destiny'. 1. This shows a photo of Jane Boston as ‘Blame’. 2. The photos show Siren members Jude Winter and Hilary Ramsden on-stage and off-stage. Both Hilary and Jude were prone to ‘corpsing’ on stage and off stage, enjoying each other’s performance rather too much! (Colour photo taken by unknown photographer). 3. This shows the full cast of ‘Hotel Destiny; Tash Fairbanks as Chance, Hilary Ramsden as Miss Evans, Jude Winter as Rough and Jane Boston as Blame. 4. This shows Jane Boston as Blame and Tash Fairbanks as Chance.