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‘Marriage is more diverse than people think’: a historian’s view of tying the knot

When Rachael Lennon was planning her wedding, she began to question the institution of marriage – was it really for her? Yet in researching it, she discovered wedlock is whatever you choose to make it

The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2023

Mary Wollstonecraft: an introduction to the mother of first-wave feminism

Mary Wollstonecraft has had something of a revival in recent years.

The Conversation · Mar 7, 2023

Ann Loades obituary

Other lives: Theologian based at Durham University who was a pioneer in Christian feminism and in theology and the arts

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2023

Sanditon star Rose Williams: ‘It’s the fans who saved the show’

After ITV’s Austen adaptation Sanditon was cancelled, Rose Williams said goodbye to her character Charlotte Heywood. But then the fans mobilised, with petitions, letter writing and sand art, and the producers had a change of heart

Evening Standard · Jul 15, 2022

Long gone, but speaking clearly to our age – Shelley, the poet of moral and political corruption

Friday marked the bicentary of the great radical writer who wanted culture to spark the imaginations of ‘ordinary’ people

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2022

Women’s rights have suffered a grim setback. But history is still on our side

You can take away a right through legal means, but it is harder to take away the belief in that right. The uproar over the court’s hideous abortion decision is a reminder of how unpopular it is

The Guardian - US · Jul 3, 2022