Joan clarke 1917–96

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The story of four women who worked in wartime American intelligence

In July 1575, Robert Dudley enlisted mythological figures to convince Elizabeth I to wed him. Exactly 450 years later, artist Lindsey Mendick reveals how and why she reinterpreted their encounter in her installation for Kenilworth Castle

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‘STANDING OUT AT school, I thought, ‘Well, you can either be different and then be scared and intimidated, or you can go, well, I don’t want to be the same as you anyway and take control of it.’” It’s

Heroes. Heroes overcome adversity to achieve feats of courage, endurance or sporting prowess. Heroes step up when the moment demands action. Unheroic Jo Aston, however, is waiting at a pedestrian cros