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Exaggerating her beetling monobrow and wispy dark moustache in self-portraits, the artist Frida Kahlo was a female force to be reckoned with, unafraid to pour her heart onto the canvas. Only last autu

After the FA lifted their ban on women playing at Football League grounds, England’s Lionesses played their first international in 1972 – two years later, Liz Deighan won her first cap against France

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Once known for its lacemaking factories, Nottingham has reinvented itself as a centre of role-playing games. Games Workshop – maker of Warhammer 40,000 – is a multibillion-pound behemoth, and it sustains a whole ecosystem.

Amy Jandrisevits, 52, has a special talent that spreads smiles and comfort to hundreds of children around the world…