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...care you apply to the strategic aspects of commissioning activity, you have this in mind, that of course, you want to contribute to the gender balance question in a meaningful way. If you imagine things, sometimes they happen. Various little steps become second nature. LAURA HAMER Thank you. Thank you very much, Stephan, for sharing all of that and for speaking with us...

...care for the poor, and filled many roles in local government. Below the middle order came the poor: a large and diverse group. Most poor people worked at some unskilled occupation – as market traders, labourers or laundrywomen, for example – but that work might be irregular. When they had no work, they were reduced to begging for food or money. The poor lived in...

...adult life she was renowned for her eloquence which is commemorated in Gerard’s portrait. Here her mouth is slightly open as if she is about to speak. And she is holding a sprig of greenery the prop she habitually used for emphasis and conversation. Conversation was one thing for a woman however, and publication quite another. Stael’s father, Jacques Necker, Finance...