Lady Reading in an Interior (between 1795 and 1800).
Marguerite Gérard (1761–1837)
In a turbulent period of French history, women’s journals started to agitate for legal, political and cultural rights.
Home Secretary Priti Patel making her keynote speech at the Conservative Party Conference at the Manchester Convention Centre in October, 2019.
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When an election looms, some politicians reach for the easy ‘crackdown’ on Travellers and Gypsies to win over core voters.
By the seaside in Gaza City.
Yaser Alashqar
Israel’s blocakde of Gaza has created a state of physical imprisonment and human despair.
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Wales is one small country with big carbon targets but that still needs the policies to deliver them.
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Men with faults in their BRCA2 gene are at higher risk of aggressive prostate cancer.
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Giants like Disney and NBCUniversal have been locked in the horns of a business problem known as the innovator’s dilemma.
Anna Soubry has spoken out about the abuse she receives.
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No wonder several high-profile figures say they can’t take it any more. Are we really going to allow women to be harassed out of public service?
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Scientific advances are allowing forensic archaeologists to shed light on mysteries long thought unsolvable.
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Most UK workplaces aren’t set up for women to breastfeed, so is it any wonder rates are so low.
A group of related women farming.
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Struggling with menopause symptoms? New research shows that who you live with may be partially to blame.
The new Uber Works app.
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Uber Works is the next step in the evolution of the gig economy.
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A whole range of social and technological changes could revolutionise how we travel in the coming decades.
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Children between 12 and 16 years old with mild-to-moderate hearing loss showed differences in their brain responses.
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In order to win a majority in the upcoming election the Conservative Party is targeting traditional Labour strongholds that voted Leave.
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‘Why are we having this election?’ is a question that undermines Johnson’s ‘get Brexit done’ narrative.
A home designed to Passivhaus standards, with solar panels and windows that help conserve heat.
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Housing currently accounts for almost one-fifth of the UK’s annual carbon emissions.
Eviation’s Alice prototype.
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Small regional flights will soon start going electric but batteries are unlikely to ever fully power large airliners.
A satirical photograph from 1901, where men’s and women’s dress and jobs are switched.
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For most of the Victorian era, people thought it was normal for men and women to be treated differently, and judged by different standards.
Penny for the guys?
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Which messages and formats are cutting through the most?
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Political parties don’t use Twitter anywhere near as much as Facebook. But at least someone is talking about this problem.
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A new group – Tsunami Democràtic – are using technology to create civil disobedience that is more organised and creative than ever.
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A guide to physical activity for those over 60, from the lifetime physically active to the late starter.
Protests in Sahel al-Nour in Tripoli, Lebanon.
Photo courtersy of Omar El Imadi
Site of some of the most iconic images from the ongoing protests, Lebanon’s second largest city, Tripoli is a place of contrasts and extremes.
A spiny lobster peeking out of an underwater shelter.
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Spiny lobsters with deadly PaV1 virus are found in seagrass habitats more than any other - but the seagrass may actually be helping to combat the disease.
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Faced with cutbacks to youth services and limited opportunities, risk-taking behaviour can, for some, become highly alluring.