In Defence of Witches: a rousing feminist argument

Book review: French feminist urges modern women to consider the term ‘witch’

Reworked Brussels metro map celebrates Irish women

Constance Markievicz and Mary Robinson in roll-call of women who have helped shape Europe

Laura Veirs: ‘I had a feminist awakening’

After her 20-year relationship ended, the US songwriter experienced a creative and personal rebirth

Why are men still explaining things to women?

Mansplaining illuminates a much deeper problem than the bore of patronising monologues

Policing the borderlands of fiction and non-fiction

For serious writers, invention in reportage remains taboo

How to be a good man: what I learned from a month reading feminist classics

A year after the Harvey Weinstein revelations, a professor decided to do some deep reading

The dreaded question: ‘So, are you guys thinking about No 2?’

‘Actually, no. We spent the last two years mourning Nos 2, 3 and 4’

What future has the essay in a social media age?

Unthinkable: Despite today’s fashion for talking in tweets, there’s life in the old art form

Embrace ‘holistic anarchy’ and lose your anxiety, guilt and fear

Daniel Pinchbeck’s new book offers a revolutionary view of how to live

Elbow - Little Fictions album review: Some agony along with the ecstasy

Fast and furious: the perils of a spinning class

Exertional rhabdomyolysis – ER – can be caused by intense exercise and end in ER

Review: Men Explain Things to Me, by Rebecca Solnit

A revolt championing the cause of women

The Lost Art of Finding Our Way, John Edward Huth

A practical guide to the ancient art of navigation