Peace & Conflict
On encounters with Martha Gellhorn
Playwright and theatre director Julia Pascal recounts her time spent with Martha Gellhorn, one of the greatest war correspondents of the 20th century.
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Queen Mother of the Ashanti Confederacy
Strategic leader of the Ashanti Confederacy army in the fifth Anglo-Ashanti War, Yaa Asantewaa cemented her place in history as a dangerous woman.
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‘Enemy of the Soviet People’
Remembering poet Anna Akhmatova, often thought of as Russia’s ‘Cassandra’ through the violent days of Revolution and even bloodier years of Sovietisation.
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Who was Cleopatra’s younger sister?
Karen Murdarasi explains how Cleopatra became an infamously dangerous woman to the Romans, whereas her sister Arsinoe was simply ‘a woman who was dangerous’.
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Half Egyptian, half Irish writer Salma El-Wardany shines a spotlight on how she is perceived as dangerous to Muslims and non-Muslims alike.
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The Dangers of Fighting to be Heard in Poetry
Richie McCaffery argues for more recognition of the work of 20th century Scottish poet Joan Ure.
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A radical peace activist
Passionate for life: Helen Steven, a radical Scottish peace activist, in her own words and those of Kathy Galloway.
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‘Cleopatra of the Secession’
Did you know one of the most famous spies in the U.S. Civil War was a woman? Deb Hunter delves into the story of Belle Boyd: ‘La Belle Rebelle’.
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The frustrating ambivalence of veiled (and unveiled) Algerian women in the decolonisation struggle
Paola Tenconi looks beyond first appearance to deconstruct the veil in Algerian colonial history.
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