INSPIRE Responsible Business Chair, Kate Read, and LGBT+ Ambassador, Felipe Poveda, discuss the fascinating history of LGBT+ romances. This podcast focuses on the relationships between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West, as well as Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears.

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Members of the INSPIRE Mental Health and Wellbeing strand, Marlene Hermann and Nisha Sawon, spoke to Herbert Smith Freehills’ Head of Diversity & Inclusion, Danielle Kelly, for a dive into how the culture of inclusion has developed at the firm, and what the firm does to support its employees’ mental health.

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Members of the INSPIRE Mental Health and Wellbeing strand, Marlene Hermann and Nisha Sawon, spoke to Herbert Smith Freehills’ Head of Diversity & Inclusion, Danielle Kelly, for a dive into how the culture of inclusion has developed at the firm, and what the firm does to support its employees’ mental health.

This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

This Pride month we celebrate the values of unity, equality and visibility. As part of this endeavour, the INSPIRE Gender and LGBT+ strands have joined forces with the amazing Rachel Reese, CEO of Global Butterflies, to raise awareness of the challenges faced by trans people and discuss the rise of transphobia in the UK, as well as ways in which allies and employers in the legal world can support the trans community.

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A quick dive into the history of Polari, Britain’s secret gay language. In this episode, Eleftheria and Kate explore its roots, its influence on today’s English and why it disappeared. We also take a quick look at the LGBT+ languages of other countries.

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A short examination of the lives of three people who were trailblazers of their time by Wahida and Kate. Anne Lister, the Chevalier d’Éon and Lucy Hicks Anderson each faced huge challenges throughout their lifetimes but continued to forge their own paths.

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In this episode Raffaele and Eleftheria discuss the phenomenon of ‘feminiello’ as a part of the social fabric of Campania and also explore the ‘third’ or ‘other’ sex in several non-Western civilisations.

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In this episode - 'Biodiversity: Bees are the Canary in the Coal Mine', we speak with Dr. Christoph Biehl, Lecturer in Responsible Business at University of Birmingham and Director at Network for Sustainable Financial Markets, about bee extinction and biodiversity crisis. You will hear about the interconnection of biodiversity, sustainability, business and law. We are exploring the biodiversity challenges, current developments and possible solutions.

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Joanna Lane, Global Editor and Chair of the INSPIRE Parents & Carers Committee, alongisde Laura Alexander, CFO and Executive Sponsor for Parents & Carers, held an in-depth conversation on what organisations can do to build inclusive workplaces for parents and carers. We covered the following topics:

1. How law firms can and legal departments support working parents

Guests

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For Mental Health Awareness Week, our INSPIRE Mental Health and Wellbeing team, Marlene Hermann, Nisha Sawon and Rhianna James-Moore, discussed Rhianna's role in volunteering for the Samaritans.

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