‘I transitioned and lost my male privilege’
“Male privilege” is the concept that men have certain advantages within society for no other reason than the fact they are men. Tech entrepreneur Dr Vivienne Ming, who is transgender, discovered this in her thirties when she transitioned. In her role as chief scientist at a tech industry recruitment firm she has also calculated the […]
How updating Dolly Parton’s Jolene helped Raye find her voice
Getty Images / Polydor Dolly Parton and Raye: Don’t take away their men Heartbreak is the foundation of pop music. Whether it results in the bruised desperation of Sinead O’Connor’s Nothing Compares 2U, or the righteous fury of Adele’s Rolling In The Deep, nothing lights the spark of creativity faster than the flames of love […]
Lizzie Kelly annoyed by ‘female jockey’ label
Kelly has achieved two Grade One wins on Tea For Two, while Frost scored her first success at that level with Black Corton at Kempton in December 2017. In January, it was announced a new study had found female jockeys are as good as men, although only 11.3% of professional jockey licences are currently held […]
Corbyn plays down divisions amid aide’s exit
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is asked if he will serve five years if elected PM Jeremy Corbyn has sought to play down divisions within his top team after one of his closest aides said he would quit and criticised the party’s leadership. Andrew Fisher’s exit comes after a failed bid to oust deputy leader Tom […]
Rishi Sunak’s mother-in-law to sit in India’s parliament
Getty Images Sudha Murthy, Rishi Sunak’s mother-in-law is appointed to serve in Indian parliament UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s mother-in-law has been nominated to serve in the upper house of India’s parliament. Sudha Murthy, 73, is married to NR Narayana Murthy – the billionaire co-founder of global tech giant Infosys. Their daughter, Akshata, married Mr […]
Ruby Walsh: At home with a family that lives and breathes horse racing
It’s a work ethic that extends to a shared attitude to pain and dealing with injuries, a common occupational hazard when steering a horse over the jumps at speeds of up to 40mph. Ruby has sustained multiple broken bones throughout his career but sees it as just another obstacle he must clear in order to […]
Abuse of women online ‘disproportionate’
Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard visited her former street in Barry Women are disproportionately targeted for abuse online, former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said on a visit to Wales. She met First Minister Mark Drakeford to discuss his commitment to lead what he describes as a “feminist government”. Ms Gillard has previously […]
Why Google’s ‘woke’ AI problem won’t be an easy fix
Google/ Gemini In the last few days, Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) tool Gemini has had what is best described as an absolute kicking online. Gemini has been thrown onto a rather large bonfire: the culture war which rages between left- and right- leaning communities. Gemini is essentially Google’s version of the viral chatbot ChatGPT. It […]
Vision Cup: TPC Sawgrass to host Ryder Cup style event for blind golfers
“I expect we’ll reach the greens reasonably easily at Sawgrass but then take ages putting.” England’s John Eakin is registered blind and will this week captain the Rest of the World team against North America in the fifth Vision Cup. The famed Florida course, which is renowned for its par-three island hole, plays host to […]
Boris Johnson and MI6 secrets, and paralysis surgery hope
No 10 ‘tried to limit Johnson’s access to secrets’ Getty Images When Conservative Party leadership candidate Boris Johnson became foreign secretary in 2016, he took on responsibility for the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service – better known as MI6. But it’s now emerged that Downing Street attempted to limit some of the secrets that he could […]