Royal Society Honours Pioneering Women…….Finally
View image in fullscreen Marjory Stephenson was a pioneer in microbiology. Photograph: Royal Society A year-long series of events marks 80 years since admission...
The untold stories of female climbers summiting the world’s tallest peaks
Margaret Young during her climb of Denali. Photograph: Courtesy of Abrams Press In 1970, Alaskan doctor and mountaineer Grace Hoeman led a team of...
Trump is unleashing sadism……
Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage. - Judith Butler Guardian...
Barbara Hepworth’s String
Barbara Hepworth’s string sculptures exhibited in public for first time
Artist’s fascination with string is focus of show opening next week with works not seen...
Marianne Faithfull
Singer who found pop fame and tabloid infamy in the 60s but returned to music in the 70s with Broken English, a statement of...
Cornwall vet swims to rescue of trapped calves in race against rising tide
The herd of 30 calves became trapped on rocks about 200 metres off Colona beach near St Austell. Polly Dugmore put on wetsuit late...
Annie Nightingale didn’t only kick down doors in radio – she held them open
Annie Nightgale at the start of her career in the mid-1960s. When Annie Nightingale, who has died aged 83 , first approached the BBC...
Still life by long-forgotten painter Clara Peeters could fetch £700,000
The untitled still life by the Flemish painter Clara Peeters has not been seen in public for almost 100 years. A lustrous painting of...
Female trailblazers of block-printed design – in pictures
The Folly Cove Designers were a mid-century all-female collective based in Massachusetts, US. The illustrator and children’s book author Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios provided...
Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970-1990
Find out more about our exhibition at Tate Britain Gina Birch 3 Minute Scream 1977 © Gina Birch WE SAY NO TO EMPTY ABSTRACTIONS,...
Himalayan tree-huggers and a landscape of vulvas: the eco-show where women call the shots
‘Empowerment in the face of destruction’ … Chipko Tree Huggers of the Himalayas #4, 1994, by Pamela Singh. The Barbican’s new exhibition looks at...
If you can’t get something out of the songs of Shania Twain, you’re a...
She's 58 now, but in a blonde wig, basque and fishnets, she looked two decades younger: Shania Twain at the O2. Image: @fred_thiebaud We...
‘I wake up happy! I’m singing all day’: Marina Abramović on pain, love –...
Marina Abramović: ‘I used to think constantly about my own death… right now I’m only about living.’ The pioneer of extreme performance art is...
Men don’t belong at lesbian speed dating events
(Photo: Getty) Lesbian speed dating sounds fun. It reminds me of the old joke ‘What does a lesbian bring on her first date? Her...
I’m bored of Disney feminism
(Disney) It is, I know, a bit early to be thinking about 2024, but to help with the forward planning, here’s a film to...
Kate Moss is back as the new face of Saint Laurent
Photography Gray Sorrenti Kate Moss has long been a Saint Laurent girlie, stepping out onto the runway for her pal Tom Ford a number...
Katarina Johnson-Thompson wins epic duel to regain world heptathlon title
Katarina Johnson-Thompson said after winning world heptathlon gold: ‘This is the best day of my life’. Katarina Johnson-Thompson used to stare at the three-inch...
The weaponisation of Jane Birkin
(Getty Images) Jane Birkin, who died this week at the age of 76, appeared to be a delightful woman – attractive, adventurous and stoic....
Sarina Wiegman should be paid the same as Gareth Southgate for England job
Sarina Wiegman consistently gets her sides to the final of major tournaments. hen Mark Bullingham was asked whether it was time Sarina Wiegman had...
