The women behind one of Gucci’s most-liked Insta posts
David PD Hyde Zebedee model Ellie Goldstein has featured in an advertising campaign for Gucci Beauty The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Laura Johnson and Zoe Proctor, founders of Zebedee Management, a talent agency that represents models and actors with physical and […]
RRR and Naatu Naatu win big at Critics’ Choice Awards
Lahari Music T-series / YouTube The song has thousands grooving to its peppy beats Days after its historic Golden Globe win, the Telugu movie RRR has won two more awards at a prominent awards show. The film won best foreign language film and Naatu Naatu won best song at the 28th edition of the Critics’ […]
Labour to change strategy with two weeks to go
AFP The Labour Party is to re-shape its general election campaign strategy – particularly in Leave-voting areas – to try to turn around a stubborn Conservative opinion poll lead. Insiders told the BBC that in the first half of the election campaign, a key error was that the Liberal Democrat threat had been overestimated, while […]
The refugees able to work remotely for firms around the world
Getty Images Jobs website YaganKar allows Afghans, both men and women, to do remote work for firms around the world At just 27-years-old, refugee Mursal Azizi is the sole breadwinner for her family of four. Originally from Kabul, they fled Afghanistan last October, two months after the Taliban had regained control of the country. They […]
Bereavement boxes for primary school children in Birmingham funded
Journal to Dreams Pariss Sailsman said she works with children as young as three who had been affected by adversity Young children who have experienced the loss of a loved one are being given free bereavement boxes in a bid to help them manage. Journal to Dreams, an organisation which supports children, women and families […]
Women’s Continental League Cup: Man City score five as Liverpool beat Villa in group-stage opener
Manchester City put five past Everton as Gareth Taylor’s side won their opening group-stage game of the Women’s Continental League Cup. Caroline Weir, Khadija Shaw, Lauren Hemp, Jess Park and Ellen White netted for City in a 5-1 Group B success. Championship Liverpool upset Women’s Super League outfit Aston Villa on penalties in Group A […]
‘The lost generation’ and ‘toppling the past’
There is widespread criticism in Wednesday’s papers of the government’s decision to drop plans for all primary school children in England to return to class before the autumn. The Daily Mirror is concerned about what it calls “The Lost Generation”, while the Guardian says Boris Johnson has been urged to draw up an “urgent national […]
‘Israeli women and their Gulf sisters are so similar’
Fleur Hassan-Nahoum Fleur Hassan-Nahoum says that everyone came out of the first meeting of the Gulf-Israel Women’s Forum feeling “giddy” Fleur Hassan-Nahoum describes the first meeting of the forum she co-founded as “how the sisterhood started”. Ms Hassan-Nahoum, the Israeli deputy mayor of Jerusalem, is referring to the Gulf-Israel Women’s Forum. Those agreements saw them […]
Tory peer proposes Online Safety Bill change to tackle online sexist abuse
Getty Images Social media companies must prevent online abuse against women and girls or face jail time and fines, under a proposed change to a government bill. Firms that did not remove abusive content and ban repeat offenders face fines up to 10% of global turnover. Tech bosses could be jailed for up to two […]
Peg Entwistle tragedy made into drama
Alamy Peg Entwistle died tragically at the age of 24 “Lost, soon to be forgotten.” These words were recited by the fictional actress Camille Washington in Netflix’s latest series, Hollywood. Washington, a black actress, is auditioning for the role inspired by Peg Entwistle, a real life movie actress born in Port Talbot, whose Hollywood career […]