2008: THE YEAR WOMEN RULED THE WORLD
In 2008, women will control our planet. It sounds like a male chauvinist’s darkest nightmare or a fantastical chimera conjured up by a science fiction writer but it may well become reality. Gabrielle Jaffe reports.
WOMEN WITH AMBITION Rachel Clare profiles five women whose entrepreneurial traits haved allowed them to recognise gaps in markets, seize golden opportunitites with both hands, and go on to set up their own highly successful companies.
YOU'RE HAVING A LAUGH Charlie Henniker spent August at the Edinburgh Festival, and in between directing the Oxford Revue he also found time to explore the quality and impact of female comedians on the comedy circuit. The results were a pleasant surprise.
FIRE SERVICES
It’s not every day that news crews camp outside your workplace. But this was what happened when, on 27 March 2007, Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service (LBFRS) sent out an all female crew of firefighters. Lizzie Telford reports.
GAME ON
How many girls used to sneak a go on their brother’s Sega Mega Drive, or pretended to be disinterested in Mario Brothers while secretly strategising the best way to find Princess Peach? Lucy Durnin takes a look at the growing female gaming market.
