‘career’ Posts

Jessica, She Wrote

11th August, 2010 by Annette Barlow

Annette Barlow on her all-time TV heroine, sprightly crime-fighter Jessica Fletcher

Block busters

18th June, 2010 by Rachel Phipps

Rachel gives tips on combatting writer’s block

Women make music

26th May, 2010 by Helen

On Monday (24th May) Birds Eye View, the UK-based women’s film festival, curated a discussion of the question: “why are women underrepresented in the music industry?”.
The panel for Women Make Music at Kings Place in London was hosted by journalist and broadcaster Miranda Sawyer. It reflected an interesting cross-section of women including Mira Calix, winner [...]

What women say

29th April, 2010 by Katie

Theresa May, Harriet Harman and Lynne Featherstone put their views across at Fawcett’s What About Women event.

The boy can’t help it

1st September, 2009 by Miss Scarlet

“Uncoordinated, full of silly faces, with a touch of rockabilly and a sprinkling of boyish charm.” Miss Scarlet chats to boylesque performer Buck Fast.

I -heart- Lauren

14th August, 2009 by Katie

Lauren Laverne is one of the few female presenters making “culture” accessible and sparky and great on the TV and radio, read how great she is in this Guardian interview. Sample quotes: “Radio’s not really sexist. It’s just run by boys so it’s the most socially maladjusted industry that you could ever wish to be [...]