Beyond the bonnets: Jane Austen’s working women finally get their place in the spotlight | Jane Austen

Beyond the bonnets: Jane Austen’s working women finally get their place in the spotlight | Jane Austen

After Elizabeth Bennet walked 3 miles across fields to visit her sick sister, the heroine of Pride and Prejudice came in for scandalised criticism of her “blowsy” hair and petticoats “six inches... Read more »
Is This Working? by Charlie Colenutt review – labours of love in unexpected places | Society books

Is This Working? by Charlie Colenutt review – labours of love in unexpected places | Society books

A little over 50 years ago, the American broadcaster Studs Terkel published an oral history based on interviews with 133 workers across the US. This was a time of automation and global... Read more »
Reclaiming the Past and Working for Justi…

Reclaiming the Past and Working for Justi…

Across the United States, groups of grassroots volunteers gather in overgrown, systemically neglected cemeteries. As they rake, clean headstones, and research silenced histories, they offer care to individuals who were denied basic... Read more »
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