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Recent utilitarian changes to the priorities of universities do little to foster social equality

Our Writer of the Week is Amanda Quinn. Abbie from the Fiction team asked her all about her debut story 'On The Road Again'.

Robert Jellicoe spent decades working on his book, finding out about the coastal town’s iconic longshore fishermen

TODAY “social mobility” is a synonym for fairness and meritocracy in many Western societies.  There are all kinds of flaws with this as a project — and they become abundantly clear when we consider women’s experiences.  By examining women’s lives across the past century, we see the need to fight for a more egalitarian society and for true liberation — not just a few more black or female faces in our ruling class. The sociologist John Goldthorpe set the parameters for how mobility ...

The historian and presenter recalls how Michael Wood’s revelatory documentaries and Blue Peter made an impression on her despite a television-light upbringing

Passionate People, Passionate Places: the North Easts 10 best painters We pull together some of the greatest artists the region has produced Thomas Bewick The wood-engraver was born in Mickley, near Prudhoe, in 1753 and became famous for his engravings of natural scenes. He is best known for his A History of British Birds and for his illustrated editions of Aesop’s Fables throughout his life. His admirers included the poets Wordsworth and Tennyson, and the novelist Charlotte Bronte. The work ...