Vive la difference

Establishing the facts in the sex–gender debate

We are living through an interregnum of sorts, stranded between different waves of feminism. The movement’s fourth was followed by backlash and rapid upheaval: in the United States, the first election

Danny Bird How did you go about uncovering women’s central – and obscured – role in economic history? Victoria Bateman I’ve taught economic history for 20 years, and I wanted to bring together the man

What extent do mundane domestic tasks ...

‟There could be no doubt about his sex, despite the feminine appearance.” These words open Sally Potter’s 1992 film Orlando, taken loosely from the opening sentences of the Virginia Woolf novel from w

Can a new book from the world of economics fix your relationship, ease your domestic workload and help make you happy? Lucy Mangan spent six weeks testing it out…