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A moment that changed me: I shaved off my hair – and immediately became an invisible woman

Strangers used to open doors, help lift my pram and greet me with approval when I looked ‘like a mum’. After one simple haircut, I was treated very differentlyIn November 2000, two weeks after giving birth to my first and only child, I found myself collapsed in bed,...

‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?

When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degreesThe seaside city of Southend-on-Sea, on England’s east coast,...