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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Mary wollstonecraft - The Untold Story

Who were the Luddites? Their legacy ripples through politics, cultural commentary and literature

American filmmaker George Lucas is one of the latest to indicate he’s open to AI in the movie industry.

The Conversation

The British Statesman Who Recognized America's 'Fierce Spirit of Liberty'

"When you drive him hard, the boar will surely turn upon the hunters," Edmund Burke warned Parliament. What if the British government had followed his advice?

Reason

The many literary lives of Mary Wollstonecraft – author of novels, travel writing and children’s books

In his biography of Mary Wollstonecraft, written after her death, her husband William Godwin remarked of her travel writing: “If ever there was a book calculated to make a man fall in love with its author, this appears to me to be the book.”

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Mary Shelley is often underestimated on screen – does The Bride! finally get her right?

Ostensibly, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s second film, The Bride! offers a reimagining of the 1936 film The Bride of Frankenstein, in which the bride appears only briefly and does not say a single word.

The Conversation

50 Feminist Posts That Call Out The Patriarchy With Zero Mercy

Feminism has helped women gain things once seen as impossible: the right to vote, access to education, financial independence, and the freedom to build a career. But even with all that progress, there’s still a long way to go. That’s why staying silent isn’t an option. The Facebook group Heroic…

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35 Years Ago, A B-Movie Legend's Last Film Was An Awesomely Ludicrous Sci-Fi Flop

In 1990, Roger Corman made his long-awaited return behind the camera. The result was one of the weirdest Frankenstein movies ever.

Inverse

17 best new crime fiction and thrillers this autumn, picked by a books editor

Some surprising twists on the genre, a hotly anticipated 'fifthquel' and thought-provoking, chilling reads are among the new novels we've hand picked. Plus, author Karin Slaughter speaks exclusively to us

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8 brilliant new must-reads for July 2025, chosen by our books editor

These are the new novels everyone will be talking about this summer

Woman & Home

Friday essay: foggy, flirty and too much – Jane Austen’s menopausal women solicit compassion while making us laugh

Was Jane Austen the first writer to show how it really feels to be a middle-aged woman?

The Conversation

‘A cultural embarrassment’: anger as male sculptor commissioned for statue of suffragist

Planning application reignites row over statue on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile of Elsie Inglis, Scottish suffragist and maternal health pioneer

The Guardian - UK

Ilona Maher and the myth of feminine fragility – how one rugby player is reshaping sport

American rugby player Ilona Maher has risen to global fame. Not just because of her athletic ability (though that is remarkable, winning an Olympic bronze in 2024 in the USA rugby sevens team, and now signing a professional contract with England’s Bristol Bears), but because of what she represents.

The Conversation

‘It’s a scary time’: Sophie Lewis on the ‘enemy feminisms’ that enable the far right

In a new book the scholar traces a line from reactionary tendencies in history to anti-trans feminists today

The Guardian - US

Mary and the Hyenas review – patchy ode to Wollstonecraft and women ‘howling at the world’

Snappy movement and a Billy Nomates score can’t make up for the lack of emotional range in this portrait of the 18th-century writer

The Guardian - UK

Frankenstein inspired by suicide of Mary Shelley’s half-sister, book reveals

New collection of author’s diary entries provides tragic insight

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How to nail the perfect short ski break in Chamonix

With British skiers increasingly opting for trips that fit into a long weekend, Chamonix is coming out on top thanks to it’s excellent connections via train and plane – Tristan Kennedy reveals how to make the most out of a few days on the mountains

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: Human Intelligence; Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring; UnReality; The Hole Truth – review

Naomi Alderman’s 50-part history of great thinkers gets off to a flying start. Plus, an exposé of Russian interference in UK politics; and in the week the BBC axed Short Cuts, where now for young audio talent?

The Walrus

Are Millennials Ruining Divorce Too?

In a spate of new books, authors grapple with what separation means in the modern age

The Guardian - UK

Poem of the week: The Rights of Woman by Anna Laetitia Barbauld

This vision of liberation by a supporter of the French Revolution is rather less straightforwardly feminist than Mary Wollstonecraft’s

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Exploring The Influential Political Thinkers Of The Enlightenment Era

Learn about key Enlightenment Thinkers like Locke, Rousseau, and Voltaire who shaped modern political thought.

Evening Standard

OPINION - The End of Enlightenment review: the chaotic and bloody real story of the famous age

Some ideas are too successful for their own good. They take flight from their original context and are capacious to a dangerous degree. The Enlightenment, Richard Whatmore contends in this book, is just such an idea. Well yes, since it appears to describe a state of mind rather than, say,…

The Guardian - UK

Best designs and designers of 2023: ‘A chunk of glossy sexiness’

From 3D-printed headphones to a museum dedicated to crabs, our panel of experts pick the designs and designers of the year

The Independent UK

Miss Nicaragua Sheynnis Palacios wins Miss Universe crown

Miss Nicaragua, Sheynnis Palacios, has won the Miss Universe competition in El Salvador, the first to wear the crown from her country

The Guardian - UK

They have all earned Britain’s thanks: 20 Black heroes who should be on a postage stamp

To mark Black History Month, we asked an all-star panel to tell us who they would celebrate for their contribution to British society

The Guardian - UK

A Life of One’s Own by Joanna Biggs review – on the shoulders of giants

The lives of female authors provide inspiration for a woman who finds herself starting over after divorce

The Conversation

The politics of the castaway story

Ruben Östlund’s 2022 film Triangle of Sadness has attracted both praise and criticism as a satire of the world’s rich. Triangle of Sadness follows the familiar plot of a castaway story. A luxury cruise ship capsizes after a disastrous drinking session between the captain (an American communist) and a passenger…

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