British arts and theatre: women's time in the spotlight has arrived by Susannah Clapp

Women are finally getting the chance to make a massive impact in the arts, argues the Observer's theatre criticThis is the difference that a woman at the top of an arts organisation can make. About 10 years ago Amanda Vickery, the expert in 18th-century history, was coolly informed that she was too old (and perhaps not tall enough) to present programmes about the past on television. Then Janice Hadlow " who is among…

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