Category: Women Doing Amazing Things
China banks on lending to ease slowdown
Getty Images Build stuff or buy stuff? China has long been a believer in the former to deal with a slowdown in its economy. Now…
First week begins with a crash
Canadian Press A bus ferrying journalists collided with the wing of Liberal leader Justin Trudeau’s chartered Boeing Candidates have been on the campaign trail for…
Can this US city go 72 hours without a murder?
BBC A person has been murdered in Baltimore almost every day this year, on average – more killings per capita than Chicago. Then a grassroots…
Samuel Pepys’ life-long fashion fascination
Getty Images Samuel Pepys’ diary (1660 to 1669) and later collections of fashion plates show that fashion trends were as important to men as women…
Grief and ‘outrage’ over Lyra McKee death
Brendan Gallagher Lyra McKee was shot dead while observing rioting in Londonderry on Thursday night Photographs of a smiling Lyra McKee feature on almost all…
‘I just got fed up with the sexism. It was everywhere’
James Duncan Davidson Dame Stephanie still gives regular public talks The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This…
Jewell and Yarros among winners at 2024 TikTok Book Awards
Philip Panting From left to right: Talia Hibbert, Laurie Gilmore, Freya Blyth (The Bookshop by the Sea), John-Paul Kunrunmi, Lisa Jewell and Maisie Matilda A…
A year of extremes in 2022
BBC The agony and ecstasy of football fans summed up a topsy-turvy year in Wales It has been a year of extremes in Wales. From…
‘Fear is the only thing that stops you. I had to give it a try’
Tracey Curran Tracey Curran decided while on furlough to start her own fashion house As part of our CEO Secrets series, which invites business leaders…
PM warns ‘there may be no Brexit’
AFP The front pages feature figures from across the political spectrum having their say on Theresa May’s vision for Brexit. The prime minister, writing in…