Stories

Discover inspiring people, remarkable places and ground-breaking ideas through cultural heritage stories from Europe and beyond
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Long and short placenames in Europe
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Groundbreaking women in archaeology
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Suits designed by women, for women
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Gender gaps & inequality illustrated by GIFs
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Alice Guy-Blaché: cinema pioneer
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Kimono: the women’s garment shaping cross-cultural exchange
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Sjoukje Dijkstra: champion figure skater
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Murasaki Shikibu & The Tale of Genji
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Simone Veil
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Picturing women at work
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Fanny Durack: winner of the first women’s Olympic swimming medal
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Angela Davis: political activist
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The bias cut and Madeleine Vionnet
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Why the shamrock is a symbol of Ireland
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School sports: photographs from the Rathdown School Archive
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Frida Kahlo: identity in art
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Siw Malmkvist, Swedish singer and actress
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Empress Cixi, the last woman to rule China
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The women behind Beauty and the Beast
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Madame Delait, the bearded lady
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Eartha Kitt: singer, actor and activist
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Swimmer and survivor: Hungarian Olympic champion Éva Székely
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The Nordic Black Theatre in Oslo
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Confronting oppression through politics, literature and music