This week, the week of International Women’s Day, the Women of Wimbledon team have been sending out mini bulletins each morning – each about an inspiring modern feminist we think people should know about, written by a different member of our feminism society. Here are all five collated.
Tampons and pads are some of the most used menstrual products – a trip to the pharmacist can quickly confirm this. But these products have only been commercially available for about 100 years: tampons were patented in the 1930s and pads have been sold since the late 19th century. But what were the options before this?
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English draws on etymological roots from Old Norse, Old English (sometimes called Anglo-Saxon), Middle English, Insular (Anglo-Saxon) Latin, Scots Gaelic, Welsh, Irish (Irish Gaelic), Cornish, Cumbric, and doubtless many more insular and Northern European languages; the rich linguistic tapestry of this land is carried through the ages in our modern names for the places they dwelt. Below is a list of common parts of English place names, with their accompanying root languages and meanings. Hopefully, next time you’re scanning across a map, list of train stations, or perhaps a motorway exit sign, see if you can recognise any part of a town name and, with it, part of the history of this land.
On the 23rd of October 2022 the first quadruple axel in Grand Prix of Figure Skating history was landed. This jump was previously thought to be impossible and from that moment on, the figure skater became known as the ‘Quad God’. But what is a quadruple jump? Why is this feat so impressive? And who pulled it off?
