The subject of my twelfth blog post is Lilian Bader. Throughout her life, Lilian overcame discrimination and racism to become one of the...

In honour of Black History Month, the subject of my eleventh blog post is Betty Campbell, Wales' first black head teacher and an...

The subject of my tenth blog post for History’s Hidden Heroines is Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace...

The subject of my ninth blog post for History’s Hidden Heroines is playwright, poet, novelist and spy Aphra Behn. I have chosen her...

Did you know that 1 in 4 people experience a mental health problem of some kind each year in England? The overall number of people...

At the time of writing this blog, there are 220 women MPs in the House of Commons. At 34%, this is an all-time high, but women still...

Shortly after my son was born in November 2019, I began experiencing pain in my knees, with the stiffness being particularly bad in the...

When I look at the statistics on gender equality in this country I don’t know whether to feel rage or despair. According to the UK...

Education is everything. But like many other fundamental human rights, we cannot take it for granted. Even in 2015, there were still more...

Most of us would like to think that society is gradually becoming more tolerant, so it is shocking to read that transphobic hate crime...

Since it is Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) today, I decided that I would write my second blog post about a remarkable woman who saved the...

I had just finished teaching my Year 13 class the content for their A Level paper ‘The quest for political stability: Germany,...