Ukraine, Matchgirls' strike of 1888, Equal pay deal for US women’s national football team, and Briony Greenhill

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Teaching 'grit', Amnesty International UK, Brain Aneurysm play, New Age of Sexism

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Kate Nash, Sarah Brown, Cardiac surgeon Dr Indu Deglurkar

Rising to fame at the age of 20, Kate Nash soon became a staple of the British music scene in the late 2000s. Her first album, Made of Bricks, reached number one in the UK and stayed in the UK charts for more than forty consecutive weeks and she’s won a Brit Award. But she’s spok ...  Show more

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