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The Two Isabellas: Power, Piety, and the Shaping of Empires
Two formidable women—Isabella I of Castile and Isabella Clara Eugenia—left indelible marks on Spanish and European history. One ruled with reform and religious zeal, the other with diplomacy and cultural flourish. This article explores how their reigns shaped empires, unified kingdoms, and defined eras of both conquest and peace.
“Too Small to Tell”: A Powerful Reckoning from Inside Miramax
Lisa Rose’s gripping one-woman show Too Small to Tell, now at the Brighton Fringe Festival, offers a raw, personal account of working at Miramax in the shadow of Harvey Weinstein. This timely and courageous performance examines complicity, power, and the urgent need for change in the film industry.
Spanish Women Who Made History
Throughout the history of Spain, few women have claimed their place through merit alone. This article highlights three extraordinary Spanish women in history—Urraca I of León, Beatriz Galindo “La Latina”, and Luisa Roldán, the first female court sculptor of Spain. These women broke societal norms, wielded influence in politics, education, and art, and reshaped what was possible for women in medieval and early modern Europe.
All We Imagine is Light
This film is a beautiful love letter to Mumbai. A tale, which places three women’s lives at its centre. It seems to say that despite the fabulously wealthy living there, the people who make Mumbai such a unique place in which to live, are the simple people, those who have gone there to pursue their dreams.
Women who Blow on Knots
In Women who Blow on Knots you are immediately drawn into women’s lives. The characters include Amira, a Tunisian dancer and blogger who turns the tables on a person she feels belittled by, Maryam, a melancholy Egyptian academic obsessed with Dido, Queen of Carthage, who was present at the protests in Tahir Square, and standing in for Temelkuran herself, a young female Turkish journalist living in exile.
Ain’t I a Woman? – Review
With our world currently at such a disturbing junction, “Ain’t I a Woman” highlights the fact that if we wish to live in healthy societies, it’s crucial that we hear everyone’s voice.
AIN’T I A WOMAN?
These short plays range from one which looks at an imagined process which can changed the ethnicity of a young black woman exhausted by the racism she daily faces, another looks at a world decimated by a virus, where a young black woman, a leader of a resistance, is faced with an impossible choice to make.
London’s Indian Film Festival
The festival included acclaimed documentaries, shorts, features as well as screenings of some of the country’s recent classics. This year’s festival also included a live interview with the legendary Aparna Sen.