Lioness and Queen of the Jungle Jill Scott, Coronation Street actress Melanie Hill and Horrible Histories creator Terry Deary are some of the most successful well recognised faces in the country.
Dozen of Labour MPs and peers have signed an open letter by the Mirror and the National Education Union urging the party to honour its conference pledge to roll out free school meals universally
The Northern Ireland secretary Mo Mowlam hardly featured in the celebratory photos on newspaper front pages on the day after the Good Friday Agreement was signed.
At the general election that year, the number of women in the Commons jumped to (an albeit still tiny) 41. Some talk about the sexism – and the solidarity