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    • Thursday, 8 December, 2016
      InterviewLife & Arts
      Theresa May on decision-making, Brexit and doing the job her way   

      In a Downing Street interview, the prime minister talks about her plans for the country

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2016
      Life & Arts
      Who are the FT’s women of 2016?

      From Theresa May to Simone Biles, we interview and profile the women of the year

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2016
      Life & Arts
      Margrethe Vestager, the woman who took the fight to Apple

      The EU competition commissioner on dialogue, respect and tackling gender bias

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2016
      Life & Arts
      Mary Berry: ‘I like to grasp the nettle and get it done’

      After winning the hearts of millions with ‘Bake Off’, the broadcaster and cookery writer has two new TV shows in the works – and no plans to slow down

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2016
      Life & Arts
      A portrait of Rahaf, teacher and refugee

      Photographer Hannah Starkey pays tribute to women caught up in wars around the world who refuse to lose hope that things can change

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2016
      Life & Arts
      Phoebe Waller-Bridge & Vicky Jones on creating hit series ‘Fleabag’

      The TV comedy grew out of a partnership that prizes complexity, vulnerability and pushing the boundaries

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2016
      Life & Arts
      Dilma Rousseff: ‘A woman in authority is called hard, while a man is called strong’

      The former Brazilian president was impeached earlier this year following a gruelling battle. She talks about her stunning reversal of fortune and future plans

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2016
      Life & Arts
      Sushma Swaraj, foreign minister, India

      The diminutive government official towers in the minds of many compatriots for her role as national agony aunt

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2016
      Life & Arts
      Profile: Kellyanne Conway, Donald Trump's campaign manager

      The first woman to run a successful US presidential campaign succeeded in the daunting task of helping Donald Trump win

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2016
      Life & Arts
      Njideka Akunyili Crosby on her breakthrough year 

      The Nigerian-born, LA-based artist talks about heritage, identity and why she chose art over medicine

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2016
      Life & Arts
      A profile of Park Geun-hye, President, South Korea

      The country’s first female leader is engulfed in a political scandal and faces a bleak future

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2016
      Life & Arts
      Beyoncé, musician/ businesswoman

      In the era of Barack Obama, Queen B has redrawn the expectations of what can be achieved by a person of colour

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2016
      Life & Arts
      A profile of Jo Cox, Labour MP and activist

      The politician spent her days exuding a quality that seems in short supply: empathy

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2016
      Life & Arts
      Maria Grazia Chiuri on becoming the first female head of Dior

      The first woman to lead the fashion house in its 70-year history talks about feminism, fairytale frocks and family

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2016
      Life & Arts
      Hillary Clinton: a fate worse than mere defeat

      She will go down in history as the presidential candidate who lost to outsider Donald Trump

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2016
      Life & Arts
      Jean Liu on how she defeated Uber in China

      The head of Didi Chuxing, China’s largest ride-sharing company, is transforming the business into a global internet powerhouse

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2016
      FT SeriesMeet the Olympians
      Simone Biles: ‘Sometimes it’s like: how did I just do that?’

      Her gravity-defying performances electrified audiences at the Rio Olympics. Now America’s most decorated gymnast is getting used to life back home

    • Friday, 11 December, 2015
      Life & Arts
      Women of 2015: Camila Batmanghelidjh

      Batmanghelidjh’s fighting spirit emerged again this summer as she fought to keep open the charity she founded

    • Friday, 11 December, 2015
      Life & Arts
      Women of 2015: Laurence Tubiana

      The economist chosen to lead the French delegation at this month’s UN conference talks about the importance of candour and why she supports everyday activism

    • Friday, 11 December, 2015
      Life & Arts
      Thuli Madonsela, anti-corruption crusader

      The South African public protector, who took on President Jacob Zuma, tells the experience has ‘toughened me but not hardened me’

    • Friday, 11 December, 2015
      Life & Arts
      Women of 2015: Caitlyn Jenner

      Her transition this year from Bruce was the culmination of decades of private struggle

    • Friday, 11 December, 2015
      Life & Arts
      Women of 2015: Patti Smith, poet/singer-songwriter

      New York’s ‘godmother of punk’ still steps up to the mike without fear and appears in next year’s Pirelli calendar

    • Friday, 11 December, 2015
      Life & Arts
      Women of 2015: Mhairi Black, parliamentarian

      The 21-year-old MP has personified the SNP’s punkish, occasionally petulant presence at Westminster

    • Friday, 11 December, 2015
      Life & Arts
      Women of 2015: Genzebe Dibaba, athlete

      Having smashed a decades-old world record for the 1500m, the Ethiopian runner now has her eyes set on Olympic gold in Rio

    • Friday, 11 December, 2015
      Life & Arts
      Women of 2015: Anne-Marie Slaughter

      The former US foreign policy director’s essay about quitting to spend time with her children caused a firestorm. Now she has written a best-selling book about having it all that puts men firmly in the spotlight

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