{"id":4842,"date":"2026-03-13T18:12:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/?page_id=4842"},"modified":"2026-10-05T18:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T17:39:08","slug":"titchfield-toppers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/about-our-club\/titchfield-toppers\/","title":{"rendered":"Titchfield Toppers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Working with Titchfield Yarnbombers to celebrate International Women&#8217;s Day 2027.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Latest additions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Friday Kahlo, artist<\/b>. Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) was a Mexican artist and socialist. She was disabled by poliomyelitis and a traffic accident but used her problems to fuel her art.\u00a0 She stressed her Mexican identity by wearing brightly coloured traditional clothing, in itself a protest against the erosion of national and female identity. 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