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Warsan Shire, are you ready for her? For lessons on how to be human from this discreet and powerful poet, read on. Questions for the woman I was last night, by Warsan Shire, 2012 How far have you w...

A visit to The Whitechapel Gallery to see the Terrains of the Body show was a peaceful encounter where I felt observed by the female artists on display. Their images capture women as both the onloo...

Clarice Lispector (1920-1977) has us mesmerised. We have been wrangling with her short novels and are totally bewitched. Born in the Ukraine and exiled to Brazil, her life story is expansive and de...

This is the muse for you. She's called Zoe Buckman and she is consistently and beautifully expressing lots of the things us women are thinking about.  Nina Simone said 'An artist's duty, as far as...

The Vulgar exhibition at The Barbican centre was a feast for fashion fiends. How wonderful to be up close to some truly spectacular and iconic pieces of wardrobe history. For the open minded, the c...

He most certainly is, but who the hell cares? Move over old man, there are gilded bums (arty not farty) and floating pants (yes!) and what looked like a Reception Class project having a 'Honey, I b...