Women artists have received steadily increasing attention in recent years. Those from the Renaissance to the 19th century have been brought into the canon, redressing centuries of neglect, while once ...

A damaged portrait of Mary Magdalene by Artemisia Gentileschi (left) and a similar version of the same scene (right) housed at the Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy ...

Gab Pangilinan is cast Mary Magdalene in the award-winning production of Jesus Christ Superstar. Happening at Solaire from May 2 – 31, 2026, as part of its international tour. Photo credits: GMG ...

The horrifying story of the Catholic-run institutions that incarcerated thousands of women and girls Many readers, and surely most Irish readers, will finish this book in a state of white-knuckled ...

This is not a great time to be a woman. Plus ça change, as my French sister-in-law might say. Fair point. Yet the evidence of a decline in women’s position in many societies is stacking up. In 2024, ...

Visually stunning and narratively opaque, David Lowery’s atmospheric Mother Mary is also never less than beguiling – even when it threatens to tie itself up in melodramatic knots. Starring Anne ...

Music from Charli xcx can’t save David Lowery’s dour chamber piece, despite some flashes of dazzling style For a certain stripe of pop fan, diva worship comes along with having a high tolerance for ...

Between 1922 and 1996, over 10,000 Irish girls and women, specifically unmarried mothers, and those considered promiscuous, sexually abused, and/or a burden to their families or the state, were ...

Despite the dark themes behind ‘Do You Come From Gomorrah?’ on the Abbey’s Peacock Stage, the new one-hander starring Ryan Donaldson manages to feel hopeful Ryan Donaldson in 'Do You Come From ...

At a recent event at North Star Lounge, 17-year-old Ann Arbor drag performer Mary Magdalene Towers faced the crowd: "I love ...

Queen of Cups brings Helen of Troy, Mary Magdalene, and John the Baptist (among others) to the conference table with original ...