Category: Women Doing Amazing Things
The rebel spy who is the anti-James Bond
Neil Armstrong Features correspondent ITV (Credit: ITV) Michael Caine’s role in the film version of Len Deighton’s 1960s spy novel made him an icon. As…
The coolest female characters on television
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong Features correspondent Netflix (Credit: Netflix) From chic Sylvie in Emily in Paris, to Sam in Better Things, unapologetic and flawed midlife women…
10 TV shows to watch this February
Amy Charles Features correspondent Aaron Epstein/Netflix Killing Eve bows out, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air gets a gritty reboot and the Jack Reacher novels are…
Why Lady Macbeth is literature’s most misunderstood villain
Hanna Flint Features correspondent Alamy/Apple TV+ (Credit: Alamy/Apple TV+) Shakespeare’s murderous queen has long been demonised as a wicked seductress. Yet Frances McDormand is the…
The film that changed how we see sport
Hanna Flint Features correspondent Alamy (Credit: Alamy) Even though it was first released 20 years ago, the movie Love and Basketball is still revolutionary now,…
Yayoi Kusama’s extraordinary survival story
Cath Pound Features correspondent Getty Yayoi Kusama (Credit: Getty) The Japanese artist famed for her Instagrammable artworks overcame childhood trauma, prejudice and mental illness to…
How radical is the new biopic?
Nicholas Barber Features correspondent Number 9 Films Keira Knightley stars as Colette in the film about a taboo-busting writer. Does it match the brio of…
The eerie emptiness of ‘Britain’s Area 51’
Mark Piesing Features correspondent Geography Photos/Getty Images Orford Ness, on England’s east coast, is still steeped in secrecy following the work done there during two…
How your family shapes your body image
Getty Images/Javier Hirschfeld Awareness of body ideals can start from a young age (Credit: Getty Images/Javier Hirschfeld) Comments about our looks from our loved ones…
What it’s like living as a female psychopath
Megha Mohan Features correspondent Somsara Rielly/BBC Psychopathy is most commonly associated with men – particularly among criminal offenders – but it is largely understudied in…