Daughters and Dames, poets and politicians, composer and psychoanalyst, academics and activists, broadcasters and barristers, mothers and sisters, novelists and impresarios, journalists and comedians, doctor and playwright, cultural commentators and artists, wives and writers. Here are fifty shades and more, of women who think, who act, who inspire - in technicolour. Naomi Alderman Tahmima Anam Lisa Appignanesi Margaret Atwood Joan Bakewell Camila Batmanghelidjh Alison Bechdel Bidisha Lydia Cacho Shami Chakrabarti Jane Czyzselska Sayantani DasGupta Laura Dockrill Lynne Featherstone Carlene Firmin Lennie Goodings Linda Grant Nathalie Handal Natalie Haynes Sharon Haywood Lindsey Hilsum Isabel Hilton Rachel Holmes Siri Hustvedt Jude Kelly Liz Kelly Helena Kennedy Kathy Lette Kate Mosse Susie Orbach Laurie Penny Lisa Power Nina Power Alissa Quart Diana Quick Josie Rourke Bee Rowlatt Elif Shafak Muneeza Shamsie Hanan Al-Shaykh Elaine Showalter Posy Simmonds Gillian Slovo Ahdaf Soueif Martha Spurrier Juliet Stevenson Alice Stride Meera Syal Shirley Thompson Sandi Toksvig Natasha Walter Marilyn Waring Timberlake Wertenbaker Jeanette Winterson Xinrán Pussy Riot.