Dame Carmen Callil obituary
"It is only when women start to organise in large numbers that we become a political force, and begin to move towards the possibility of a truly democratic society"
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Two decades of Iranian women’s street protests – in pictures
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No twisted knickers: how to buy women’s underwear that’s comfortable and durable
The right blend of fibres, the right cut to match your outfit, and specially designed period underwear can all make a big difference For durable underwear look for blends with a majority of natural...
She’s pop’s Damien Hirst: Beyoncé’s Renaissance reviewed
On the cover of Renaissance, Beyoncé is seated atop a glowing glass horse, naked but for an elaborate metallic bikini. Credit: Carlijn Jacobs You feel a little sorry for Renaissance , the first solo...
New record label raises profile of forgotten female composers
Historically, women have been unsung in the classical canon. But now a recently founded label is aiming to remedy that Clockwise: composers Alice Mary Smith, Liza Lehmann, Adela Maddison and Charlotte Sohy. Liza Lehmann,...
When the Lionesses won, every overlooked and patronised woman triumphed too
So many women who couldn’t care less about football were in tears, because they understood what it meant England footballers Alex Greenwood and Ellie Roebuck at Trafalgar Square to celebrate their Euro 2022 victory....
Elizabeth Carmichael obituary
Papier-mache skulls made by the Linares family in Mexico and collected for the British Museum by Elizabeth Carmichael as part of her fieldwork on Day of the Dead traditions. In 1991 the anthropologist Elizabeth...
Kate Moss ‘sick and angry’ at being made a scapegoat for taking cocaine
Kate Moss arriving at New York’s Met Gala in May 2022. Kate Moss, one of the world’s most famous models, has spoken of her anger at the condemnation she received after publication of photographs...
Sheila Paine obituary
My mother-in-law, Sheila Paine, who has died aged 92, was an authority on tribal embroideries. During her eventful life she journeyed alone to some of the remotest parts of the world, in search of...
‘My music is singular to me’: Arooj Aftab, the brightest new star at this...
Arooj Aftab … ‘My music is a product of my experiences’. Photograph: Blythe Thomas Informed by Urdu verse, mythological vultures and her brother’s death, the US-Pakistani musician’s latest album is unexpectedly up for one...
Polar priest: the church in the world’s northernmost town – a photo essay
Located in the Svalbard archipelago in Norway , Longyearbyen is the world’s northernmost settlement. Here, winter temperatures range from -13 to -20C and inhabitants are prepared for two and half months of complete darkness...
Vogue’s 12 Best-Dressed Women Of 2021……Oh Dear
There have been some truly memorable fashion moments this year; from Amanda Gorman’s Prada headband to Kim Kardashian’s haute Balenciaga morph suit. But when it comes to consistently delivering smash hits, these are the...
bell hooks obituary
A trailblazing cultural theorist and activist, public intellectual, teacher and feminist writer, bell hooks, who has died of kidney failure aged 69, authored around 40 books in a career spanning more than four decades....
Viva la vulva: why we need to talk about women’s genitalia
If you have a vulva between your legs, could you identify the seven separate structures in a mirror? If your partner has a vulva, can you identify theirs? For over half the population, the...
Najla Bouden: what next for Tunisia’s first female PM?
Sara Medini, political analyst at the Tunisian feminist organisation Aswat Nissa , was in a meeting at work last week when she happened to glance at a news alert on her phone. What she...
Pink offers to pay fines for Norwegian women’s beach handball team
Pop star Pink has offered to pay the “sexist” fines handed out to the Norwegian women’s beach handball team after they refused to wear bikini bottoms while playing. The European Handball Federation, the sport’s...
‘Finally!’ Bayreuth festival gets a female conductor for first time
For the first time in its 145-year history, the Bayreuth opera festival has been opened by a female conductor. Oksana Lyniv was applauded with warmth and vigour by the festival audience at the end...
Seonaid McIntosh: the British shooter with first gold of Games in her sights
By the time the final member of Japan’s Olympic team has entered the stadium at the tail-end of Friday’s opening procession, Seonaid McIntosh – pronounced “show-ner” – will have set her alarm for a...
Britney Spears’ Lawyer Now Quits Controversial Conservatorship; Singer Indicated She Wanted New Representation
AP Less than 24 hours after Britney Spears ’ longtime manager tendered his resignation , the singer’s court appointed attorney and legal firm want out of the restrictive conservatorship that has controlled the former...
Mel B on domestic abuse, trauma and recovery: ‘In my mind there was no...
elanie Brown is in her tracksuit talking to me from her Leeds home. Her mother has popped round and is chomping away on an Easter egg she has just found, despite the fact that...
