Irish-Australian who set swimming world records
African-American philosopher and author combatting racism, sexism and homophobia
Femininity as encounter of technology and sensuality in the 1920s and 1930s
How Saint Patrick explained the holy trinity
Archive photographs from a girls school in Dublin
Role model for generations of artists, bisexual women and people with disabilities
The first Swede to hit the US charts
In the 19th century, when Queen Victoria was on the throne, another woman was governing a world power on the opposite side of the globe: Empress Dowager Cixi.
Meet the authors and illustrators who brought the fairy tale to life
Clémentine Delait found fame in the early 1900s
Known for her distinctive singing style and voice, Eartha Kitt was active in social causes in the 1950s and 1960s
Olympic gold medallist who survived the Holocaust and lived through the 1956 Hungarian Revolution
Multicultural theatre company inspiring new generations of performers
Vocalising against oppression
Poetry, writing and music in Guadeloupe Creole, Twi, Ewe and Xhosa
Transatlantic perspectives on American abolitionist and anti-slavery campaigner
Jewish immigrant Rosenbaum ran a drapery store in Sundsvall for decades
Three Black authors from the Americas who have lived in Europe
Partners & pioneers of Irish theatre
A bright-coloured mohawk, green forehead, orange sideburns, purple collar and perching toes: not your idea of a dream date? The mandarin duck could make you reconsider!
