13 h. ago ‘Piggy, stupid, incapable’: Every time Trump lashed out at female reporters in just one month

Almost all of those to have provoked the president’s wrath recently have been women, yet the White House has insisted that the insults are ‘nothing to do with gender’

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34 h. ago Salmon farmers hit back at study which suggests economic benefits ‘exaggerated’

The study was published in the wake of research for Salmon Scotland which found the salmon farming industry is worth £1 billion a year

Economics

3 d. ago Nicola Sturgeon cannot see a female political leader at Holyrood 'anytime soon'

Nicola Sturgeon says she looks around the Scottish Parliament and cannot see another female party leader appointed ‘any time soon’

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4 d. ago As Stranger Things ends, will industry titans stop 'protecting David Harbour's secrets'? In the wake of Lily Allen scandal and bullying cover

David Harbour has dominated headlines following the release of his ex Lily Allen's explosive album West End Girl, in which she details his philandering. 

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6 d. ago ‘I tried to capture her inner world – but couldn’t’: Tom de Freston on painting his wife pregnant and nude

The artist and his wife, novelist Kiran Millwood Hargrave, lost seven pregnancies before their daughter was born. They explain how his nude paintings of her helped them process their grief – and eventual joy‘The subject comes with huge baggage and I like that,” says Tom de Freston. The painter and I are in his studio in a village outside Oxford, surrounded by nude portraits of his wife, the novelist Kiran Millwood Hargrave. “I wanted to ask, ‘What does it mean as a male artist to be looking at the female figure? And where does the agency sit?’”We have been talking about Titian’s Poesie series, how those paintings – commissioned by the most powerful man in the world at the time, King Philip II of Spain – fetishise the naked female body. “Obviously there’s other things going on in them I think Titian’s often prodding at morality and power,” De Freston says. Continue reading...

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1 week ago US government endorses female crash test dummy – for first time in history

Some American automakers, however, have expressed skepticism, arguing the new model may exaggerate injury risks

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2 w. ago Serena Williams opens up on dad ‘crushing her dreams’ of chasing career in different sport

Serena Williams is quite possibly the greatest female player of all time, but she might have followed a very different path if tennis didn't work out - until her father intervened

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2 w. ago Dorothy Waugh’s epic 1930s national park posters – in pictures

Between 1934 and 1936, artist Dorothy Waugh was commissioned to create 17 posters for the National Park Service, a groundbreaking opportunity for a female designer at the time. Her designs, which were both accessible and avant-garde, are being celebrated in an exhibition for the first time at New York’s Poster House. Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters is on display until 22 February 2026 Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Dorothy Waugh’s epic 1930s US national park posters – in pictures

Between 1934 and 1936, artist Dorothy Waugh was commissioned to create 17 posters for the National Park Service, a groundbreaking opportunity for a female designer at the time. Her designs, which were both accessible and avant-garde, are being celebrated in an exhibition for the first time at New York’s Poster House. Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters is on display until 22 February 2026 Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Now, it’s her story: HBO's steamy 'Seduction’ reimagines ‘Dangerous Liaisons’ with a female gaze

It’s a well-known story, returning this time with a female gaze

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2 w. ago ‘I’d do it all again,’ says Dutch minister at heart of car chip standoff with China

Exclusive: Vincent Karremans says row with Beijing that threatened global car production is ‘wake-up call’ to westA bitter battle over the future of a Chinese-owned chipmaker in the Netherlands that threatened to cripple the global car industry is a “wake-up call to Europe and the west”, the minister at the heart of the row has warned.The six-week standoff between the EU and Beijing over Nexperia and its vital supplies of automotive semiconductors has served up a sobering lesson to world leaders over their dependency on China, says Vincent Karremans. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago IOC edges closer to ban on transgender women in female Olympic events

Sources expect ban within next six to 12 monthsIOC president wants to protect the female categoryThe International Olympic Committee is edging closer towards implementing a ban on transgender women competing in the female category in time for the Los Angeles Olympics.Multiple sources expect such a ban to come into effect over the next six to 12 months with the new IOC president, Kirsty Coventry, making clear she wants to drive through her campaign pledge to protect the female category. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago More than a third of whisky drinkers are female. Time for the industry to wake up to women

Female founders and master distillers are making waves in the whisky world –and more women are consuming it tooWhy wait for International Women’s Day to celebrate women? A commemorative day is a good excuse, true, but we don’t need to wait to recognise the contributions of female and female-identifying individuals to the drinks industry. Right? Right.When I put out a call on my social media to ask for the contacts of inspiring women who work in whisky, my inbox was flooded with names, press releases and, most hearteningly, whisky professionals commending their contemporaries and friends. “The industry is getting better at giving women credit for the work they do,” whisky educator and writer Kristiane Westray told me, noting that blender Margaret Nicol at Whyte & Mackay, who started in the industry way back in 1974, has only recently been in the spotlight. Similarly, Maureen Robinson, who worked in whisky for more than 45 years, was inducted into the Whisky Magazine Hall of Fame ...

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