Art & Culture

  Talking to the founder of Persephone books, Nicola Beauman last week, we asked her about the future of books. She thinks more and more people will be increasingly influenced by book blogs and lists Stuck in Book, Dove Grey… Read More

We at the Women's room spend a good deal of time at our computers, composing and researching, so we often plug into our iPods to help us concentrate and improve our mood. Now we are addicted to Spotify, a web… Read More

This week Home secretary Jacqui Smith announced she is launching a fact finding review of the “sexualisation” of  teen and pre-teen girls through clothes, videos and music videos, and a possible link with sexual abuse and violence. Smith said that… Read More

Julie Myerson with son Jake aged 15 It is so easy to get carried away with sharing our thoughts and experiences online, through the various modern means of communication. Facebook, Twitter and blogging make it simple to update our friends… Read More

Is it just us, or are there some female journalists and writers that you somehow feel you know. Especially if they write regular newspaper columns and you connect with them on a weekly or a daily basis. We feel we… Read More

  One of our more succesful Christmas presents this year, has been the fabulously nostalgic CD, 70's Dinner Party. A boxed set featuring some of our secret favourites, such as Dean Freidman, Minnie Riperton, Sailor, Tom Jones and Manhatten Transfer, to name… Read More

  Great article in the Guardian G2 today called Coming of age, by Good Housekeeping editor Louise Chunn, who sums up exactly how we feel here at the Women's Room,"It's no longer aboout looking young, it's about looking good". In… Read More