Oxford University is revealing the identities of more than 20 people whose portraits will be put on display to try to “promote greater diversity”.
It wants to redress the balance from the university’s walls being lined with pictures of “dead white males” by adding more women and ethnic minorities.
The portraits include broadcasters Dame Esther Rantzen and Reeta Chakrabarti.
Oxford’s head of equality Trudy Coe said it was “sending a signal”. More
A Lancashire soldier has become the first woman in 10 years – and only the second in history – to be made a Beefeater at the Tower of London.
Amanda Clark, 42, who has served with the Royal Logistics Corps for 22 years, is the newest Yeoman of the Guard.
The Burnley-born soldier said: “It didn’t really hit me until the first time I wore the uniform and realised I am now part of the Tower’s history.”
The first female Beefeater was Moira Cameron, from Argyll, in 2007. More