Of all the characteristics we might prize in a leader – competence, integrity, careful judgment, ethical courage – why do people rate charisma so highly?

With such cuts in programming and in jobs, will the BBC be able to maintain its high level of trust and attention?

What grants influential women visibility and diplomatic status? Women in Diplomacy day on June 24 is an opportunity to consider how female-led efforts are recognised, valued and remembered.

Italian and British governments conspired to brand Violet Albina Gibson ‘insane’ as it was politically expedient.