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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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