43 h. ago The ‘schools for husbands’ training men to help with household chores

The UN-backed initiative has been training men on issues ranging from women's rights to the need to help with household chores

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69 h. ago ‘Animal Farm was my parents’ teamwork’: Orwell’s son on 80 years of the satirical classic

Richard Blair on the role his mother played in developing the 1945 political fable – and how it nearly didn’t get publishedAs the second world war reached its height, the winter of 1943-4 was one of the coldest of the century. My parents were living in a poorly heated flat in Kilburn, north-west London. My mother was working at the Ministry of Food. She was deeply involved in BBC Radio’s Kitchen Front which tried to help people conjure nutritious meals from their rations. My father became literary editor of Tribune magazine in November 1943. He was only required in the office three days a week, which gave him the time to write Animal Farm.Every evening, my father would read what he’d written to my mother under heavy blankets in bed. It was the only warm place in the flat. They would discuss the developing story and where it might go next. Lettice Cooper, the novelist and my mother’s Ministry of Food colleague, remembered my mother updating them every morning...

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2 d. ago Senegal's ‘schools for husbands’ aim to shift gender roles and keep mothers from dying

Senegal's “schools for husbands” have been training hundreds of men in largely conservative communities on issues ranging from women's rights to the need to help with household chores

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5 d. ago Michelle Keegan 'excited' as she lands huge new role after Netflix Fool Me Once success

ITV have announced their latest crime drama is currently in the works with Michelle Keegan taking on the leading part in the gripping six-part series, her first acting role since becoming a mother

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9 d. ago Nepo baby daughter of iconic Dawson's Creek star makes her acting debut in new horror film as mum shares proud on

The young starlet comes from the Hollywood stock with her mother best known for her roles in Freaks and Geeks and Dawson's Creek.

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9 d. ago Nepo baby actress destined for the limelight as Hollywood star mum shares proud on

The young starlet comes from the Hollywood stock with her mother best known for her roles in Freaks and Geeks and Dawson's Creek.

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2 w. ago Loose Women star 'struggled to sleep' over family pain but dismisses 'selfish' label

Loose Women star Jane Moore has opened up about the 'constant pain' she has been suffering after taking on the role of power of attorney for her 94-year-old mother who has Alzheimer's

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