Women capturing time

Cleaning up after a death or violent incident is often far too traumatic and potentially dangerous for family members or for regular cleaning services to undertake. Instead, it’s a task carried out by a small but specialised group of individuals – often women.Ella Al-Shamahi spea ...  Show more

Around the world, mycelium – the root part of fungi – is being used practically as a biological material due to its distinctive properties. Ella Al-Shamahi speaks to two women hoping to reduce the environmental impact of plastic packaging and the meat industry by creating mushroo ...  Show more

Did you know the wristwatch was designed and created for women? In this episode, Zoe Abelson discusses the evolving world of watches with three of the industry’s biggest hitters: the founder of Dimepiece, Brynn Wallner; Wei Koh, founder of Revolution Watch and The Rake magazine; ...  Show more

Many of us can find the time of day quickly and accurately but where did the idea of time keeping originate and how did our ancestors manage without the instant access we take for granted today?From ancient shadow and water clocks to the latest super accurate optical clocks, Brid ...  Show more

This week, Who What Wear associate director of fashion news Erin Fitzpatrick is here to talk about her latest feature on the past, present, and future of women's watches. The category has been exploding over the past few years, and there are so many It-girl pieces on the market. ...  Show more

Meet Sharvari, Belinda and Brenna, three female bike mechanics from different corners of the world. From setting up a female run workshop in India, teaching skills to other women, or working within elite sport: these three are all making a living in the male dominated world of bi ...  Show more