Leeds musicians recreate ‘forgotten’ female composers’ work
Leeds Museums and Galleries The sheet music would have been owned by people living in Leeds Musicians have recreated a selection of once-popular works by female composers whose pieces have been forgotten over time. Leeds Conservatoire students used sheet music in the city’s Museums and Galleries collection to recreate the work. The project, marking Women’s […]
AI-assisted recycling centre set to launch in Coventry
Sherbourne Recycling The facility is a joint effort between eight councils in the West Midlands A new multimillion-pound recycling facility in Coventry is to use robots and AI technology to sort rubbish. Sherbourne Recycling, based at Whitley Depot, is thought to be the first of its kind in the UK. It was founded by eight […]
Gove backs seasonal workers scheme for UK farms after Brexit
BBC Profitability depended on access to labour, Mr Gove said The government would support a special deal for EU farm workers after Brexit, Michael Gove has signalled. The environment secretary said the case for a seasonal agricultural workers scheme after the UK leaves the EU next year was “compelling.” Agriculture needed access to foreign workers […]
The young workers in a post-Me Too era
Getty Images Gen Z are the first generation to start their careers in a post-Me Too era. But how much the anti-harassment movement really shifted workplace culture is still up for debate. Like many women, I remember watching the Me Too movement mushroom as I scrolled through Facebook and Twitter in October 2017. While the […]
Why India’s Uttar Pradesh has become the crime haven of TV shows
Amazon Prime The crime thriller Mirzapur is set to return for a third season Over the past few years, streaming platforms have allowed Indian filmmakers to expand the range of stories they tell. India’s largest state, Uttar Pradesh (UP), is a popular destination for them – but many of the movies and shows set there […]
Three men accuse Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs of rape and sexual assault in new lawsuits
Three more men have accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of rape and sexual assault in new lawsuits alleging the rapper drugged them with laced drinks and assaulted them while they were unconscious. The complaints, filed separately in New York State Supreme Court on Thursday, involve incidents that allegedly occurred between 2019 and 2022. Two of the […]
After Assad’s cruelty, Syrians seek dead loved ones
BBC Syrians have come to the hospital in Damascus looking to find missing loved ones On a painted wall outside Damascus’s Mustahed Hospital are photographs of the faces of dead men. A constantly changing crowd of people examine them, squinting against the low winter sun at men who look as if they died in great […]
Will post-Brexit food checks ever happen?
Getty Images Yet again it seems that now is not the time to add to the burden of food importers, with more post-Brexit red tape and charges. Ministers this week further delayed the imposition of post-Brexit checks and charges on food imported from the European Union. It was the fifth delay to planned changes to […]
Emma Hayes: Chelsea boss says women’s football will ‘come back stronger’
Hayes said cramming in fixtures to complete the season would have meant players with international commitments having “three years of back-to-back tournaments”. A fresh start, she added, was a chance to look at “new opportunities”. “We’ll roll with the new normals and I’m excited for what that might bring,” she said. “It might bring more […]
Focus on gender as giant puppet takes centre stage
Here are five things you need to know about the COP26 climate change conference on Tuesday. 1. Focus on gender as giant puppet takes centre stage The inequalities that make women and girls more vulnerable to the effects of climate change are high on the agenda today. They form a large majority of the world’s […]