female emancipation

A world beyond Grafton ‘Merriecolour’ beckons...

Sex, rebellion, ambition, prejudice: the story of 1950s women has it all

14 March 2015 9:00 am

Although the young women of the 1950s hovered on the cusp of change, many did not know it. Valerie Gisborn…

What The Bridge tells us about Scandinavian social democracy – and why it’s not all good news.

1 February 2014 9:00 am

This Saturday night I’ll be staying in to watch the final two episodes of The Bridge, the Scandinavian detective series…