How war shapes women's lives

From “deepfakes” to “stealth filming”, women around the world are having their image stolen and shared online. Datshiane Navanayagam speaks to two women tackling this problem.Uma Subramanian works for an Indian helpline called Meri Trustline, run by RATI Foundation, which offers ...  Show more

It's thought that around one in ten women of childbearing age have endometriosis, yet it often takes years of excessively painful periods and struggles to conceive before a diagnosis. And while there's no cure, surgery can help relieve symptoms. Datshiane Navanayagam talks to wom ...  Show more

On this special episode sponsored by Lumens, Dan speaks with three emerging design studios: Charlap Hyman & Herrero, a bicoastal firm that brings a curatorial eye to a variety of spaces; Sophie Lou Jacobsen, a product designer who taps a sense of nostalgia for her works in glass ...  Show more

It revolutionised domestic chores, signified modernity and has been made into packaging, textiles, electrical machinery but plastic has also contributed to our throw-away society. Clay is turned into bricks, cookware and used in industrial processes including paper making, cement ...  Show more

On today’s episode of Ideas of Order, we’re joined by writer of the graphic novel Amelia Aerwood: Basic Witch and actor of the acclaimed series Schitts Creek, 12 Monkeys and the new film The End of Sex, Emily Hampshire. Emily discusses the comfort in being held by physically smal ...  Show more

As J.P. Morgan's personal librarian, entrusted with building his collection, Belle da Costa Greene could ‘spend more money in an afternoon than any other young woman of 26’, as the New York Times put it in 1912. In the latest LRB, Francesca Wade reviews a new biography of Greene ...  Show more