MATTHEW HAWKINS applauds a psychotherapist’s disection of William Blake
A woman for all seasons
SYLVIA HIKINS is enthralled by a biography of an extraordinary, 19th-century mould-breaker who influenced policies regarding the status of women in society
PRESSING AGENDAS: A Punch cartoon from 1867 mocks John Stuart Mill's attempt to replace the term 'man' with 'person,' ie give women the right to vote: "Pray clear the way, there, for these – a – persons." (author unknown)
[Public Domain] 
New releases from Christina Alden and Alex Patterson, Odette Michell, Clementine Lovell
JOHN GREEN is fascinated by a very readable account of Britain’s involvement in South America
Strip cartoons used to be the bread and butter of newspapers and they have been around for centuries. MICHAL BONCZA asks our own Paul Tanner about which bees are in his bonnet
GORDON PARSONS acknowledges the authority with which Sarah Kane’s theatrical justification for suicide has resonance today
RON JACOBS welcomes a timely homage to one of the IWW and CPUSA’s most effective orators
Trailblazer: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, The First Feminist to Change Our World
by Jane Robinson
Doubleday £11.58
OH MY goodness, here’s another game changer from the past who didn’t fit the bill regarding gender, establishment ideology, power elites, patriarchy, who has been erased by most historians writing his-story!
Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon was born in 1827 and during her lifespan of 64 years, pioneered and developed far reaching concepts regarding feminism, women’s rights, equal opportunities, diversity, inclusion and mental health awareness.
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SYLVIA HIKINS casts an eye across the contemporary art brought to a city founded on colonialism and empire
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A manifesto for change, feminism in the digital age and a wordless play by Palestinians
SYLVIA HIKINS relishes a brilliant untold Merseybeat story of how four talented women dared to break the mould
