Arts & Creativity
Stay tuned for original creative work inspired by ‘dangerous women’, including:
- The first woman in England to demand a divorce
- William Wordsworth’s inspiring sister
- A 19th century astronomer who outshone her male colleagues to discover almost 400 stars.
We’ll also feature commentary and analysis on creative women across the years, from pop sensations to avant-garde painters.
Feeling artistic? Submit your own creative response to ‘what does it mean to be a dangerous woman?’
Three poems by Mab Jones
Welsh poet Mab Jones contributes three poems around the theme of being a dangerous woman, each exquisite, powerful and heart-breaking in its own way.
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The shocking life of Harriette Wilson
Harriette Wilson: “who captivated, charmed & dazzled her way to the heart of fashionable society, only to shock, anger & terrify her way straight back out.”
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Agatha Christie as a Dangerous Woman
Alison Joseph is a crime writer and radio playwright, former Chair of the Crime Writers’ Association, and author of the Sister Agnes series of detective novels. She has also written three novels featuring Agatha ChristieContinue reading
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“I’d leave the heavy lifting to the boys” – Tree surgeon Millie Earle-Wright responds critically and creatively to the way people perceive ‘men’s work’.
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“Baba Yaga sits next to me on the bus,” writes Kate Feld in today’s creative exploration of a dangerous fairytale character.
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The most profitable movie released by Universal Pictures in 1916 was a film on birth control and abortion, written and directed by a woman. Who was she?
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A short story
What if you believed your sexuality was dangerous? Literally dangerous? Hannah Simpson’s short story asks this very question.
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Fanny van de Grift Stevenson and Robert Louis Stevenson
Penny Fielding explores the dangerous collaboration between Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife, Fanny: granting female agency on the page and in life.
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Helen Boden writes about artist Joan Eardley, in a biography and a poem collaging the artist’s work, interests, method and life.
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