Zara Janjua

AT midday today the first Old Firm derby of the season kicks off at Ibrox. Supporters are looking forward to a full house to watch the rivals for the first time in more than 18 months. But after fo…

LIKE many keen viewers, I’ve been missing The Handmaid’s Tale on Sundays. But unlike the governor of Texas, I don’t think resurrecting sexist draconian laws is the best way of dealing with the gap …

WHEN people mention “the Met”, it might conjure up images of bobbies on the beat in London but this week it is was synonymous with dodgy couture. Someone call the fashion police. The annual Met Gal…

“NOT another world day dedicated to ‘women’s issues’ — what about us?” one male colleague piped up in a meeting a few weeks ago. I’m pretty sure he was the same lad who complained about Inter…

TWO-THIRDS of youngsters are “desperate” to ditch fast fashion but don’t know where to start. Almost half of adults don’t care about the impact of it on the environment. Throughout COP26 we heard y…

WHEN I was 12, some distant relatives visited for a week (being half Pakistani, the circular family tree often branched out to my dad’s-second cousin’s-best friend’s-uncle, and people as such). We …

A CAT shelter in America is offering jilted lovers the opportunity to get back at their exes by naming a cat after them, then having it neutered. Meanwhile, a US zoo is marking Valentine’s Day by g…

FOR someone who is in the ‘twilight years’ of their fertility – my expression, nobody else’s – the question as to whether I have children or not is probably the most pressing for me right now. It h…

TODAY we celebrated International Women’s Day, where we considered how to best accelerate gender equality. Once again we were reminded that misogyny and sexism still exists, and there was no greate…

WHAT exactly is a regressive stereotype of a woman? Because judging by the collective societal nosebleed over Sabrina Carpenter’s latest album cover — where she’s on all fours, hair playfully held …