Autor Paulina Bren

They broke down the doors of Wall Street's old boys' club, finding their first foothold in small brokerage houses before making their way into investment banks and exchange floors.With a thick skin and a dash of humour, as needed, they pushed back against…

AS HEARD ON RADIO 4 WOMAN'S HOUR'Captivating ... a brilliant many-layered social history of women's ambition and a rapidly changing New York' Observer'A fascinating look at a piece of forgotten female history' Sunday Times'A treat, elegantly spinning…

The 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia brought an end to the Prague Spring and its promise of "socialism with a human face." Before the invasion, Czech reformers had made unexpected use of television to advance political and social change. In its…

Jak se stalo, že se z nadšených stoupenců reforem Pražského jara 1968 a „socialismu s lidskou tváří“ stali poslušní stoupenci normalizace, která nastoupila po srpnové invazi pěti armád? Kdo byli hlavní nositelé normalizace a jak přiměli rozjitřenou společnost,…