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Long, difficult road to equality.

These events are seared on my heart: Women, equality and the long march to progress

In her farewell column, Wendy Squires looks back on a decade of causes – the ongoing horrors, the gradual successes and the sad failures.

  • Wendy Squires

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Rapper Cardi B accepting an MTV award in 2019.

'Should I spend 88k for this purse?': Cardi B out of touch? Not much

What can you offer a massive fan base to put their abject misery into some sort of perspective?

  • Wendy Squires
The national cabinet in action, a triumph of political leaders listening to expert advisers.

At last, we prefer experts to noisy pretenders

A life-and-death crisis such as the coronavirus forces us to value the people who can help - and to place less stock in the ideological posturings of inexpert commentators.

  • Gregory Hywood
Kanye West, pictured in February at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, has won his battle with Forbes to be judged a billionaire.

'I am a billionaire': Kanye West wins wealth row with Forbes

The musician and businessman had accused the financial magazine of "snubbing" him and being "disrespectful".

  • Nick Allen
A deserted Gran Canal in Venice in early April. The waters of the city are now clear, as boats no longer churn up the mud.

It's OK to finding silver linings in the COVID crisis

Paying attention to the world, to the beauty in it, and to each other, is crucial.

  • Julia Baird