Category: Women Doing Amazing Things
11 of the best films to watch this July
Nicholas Barber Features correspondent Universal Studios Taika Waititi’s Thor is back, Jordan Peele is directing a new film with Daniel Kaluuya and Where the Crawdads…
The United States’ first interracial love song
Diane Bernard Features correspondent Atlantic Records (Credit: Atlantic Records) Today we take them for granted, but in the 1960s interracial duets were almost unheard of.…
The Woman in White and the meanings hidden in a masterpiece
Beverley D’Silva Features correspondent National Gallery of Art, Washington (Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington) In art, spirituality and protest, a woman wearing white is…
Research centre exploring the mutations behind blood cancer
Aileen Turvey Spencer Turvey died from acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) in 2020 My brother Spencer was just 45 when he died a day after being…
Reichsbürger group members go on trial over alleged coup
It’s an alleged coup plot featuring a German aristocrat, a “massive arsenal” of weapons and the belief that Queen Elizabeth II’s death might have been…
Devon gliding club wants more women to take to the skies
Andrea Ormsby BBC News, Devon Steve Fletcher Of almost 30,000 pilots in the UK, fewer than 5% are women A gliding club in Devon is…
Abbi Pulling to feature in Reese Witherspoon’s Netflix series
Charis Scott-Holm & Rob Makepeace BBC News Getty Images Abbi Pulling celebrates after winning Round 2 of the F1 Academy at Miami International Autodrome in…
Why Reservation Dogs is the biggest snub of this year’s awards season
Kate Nelson Features correspondent FX The groundbreaking comedy-drama about four Native American teens is one of the greatest TV shows of recent times, yet has…
‘People are being priced out of becoming parents’
Harriet Robinson & Simon Parkin BBC News, West of England Family photo Karen Marks said their house is “carnage”, but the best thing is “seeing…
Emma Raducanu: US Open champion can inspire more women and girls into sport
“I think she is a role model for women and girls, and I’m sure for boys and men in so many ways. “I think it’s…