Emma Corrin has described their West End production of Virginia Woolf’s novel Orlando as a “celebration of queer joy”. The actor, who played Diana, Princess of Wales in The Crown, is currently starring as the titular character at the Garrick Theatre, directed by Michael Grandage. Corrin, who identifies as non-binary …
Read More »Computing announces the shortlist of the Women in Tech Excellence Awards
Computing is proud to publish the shortlist for the Women in Tech Excellence Awards. Now in its third year, the awards have grown from strength to strength, with a record number of submissions this year. And with the quality of submissions being so high, paring them down to a shortlist …
Read More »Royal B.C. Museum responds to accusations of racism
Lucy Bell, former head of the First Nations Department and Repatriation Program at the Royal British Columbia Museum and Archives, seen here in Victoria on June 5, 2019. DARRYL DYCK/The Globe and Mail The Royal British Columbia Museum and Archives has hired a third-party investigator and brought in a diversity …
Read More »Exclusive: Redington pensions consultancy set for £50 million investment deal
Two London entrepreneurs are poised to sell a stake in their fast growing pensions consultancy to private equity in a deal that could value it at £50 million. The Evening Standard understands Phoenix Equity Partners is set to invest in Redington, which advises pension fund trustees how to ensure the …
Read More »GSK CEO Emma Walmsley joins call for equal pay with #MeTooPay campaign
GlaxoSmithKline CEO Emma Walmsley may be the first-ever female to head up a Big Pharma company, but her pay has not matched up to that of her male peers. Now, she has joined some of U.K.’s most successful businesswomen in a campaign aimed at closing the gender pay gap. The …
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