Because only then will women be judged on their abilities, as a man would, and not on their gender.Fuelling discontentOil prices have fallen and British Airways' fuel bill is likely to be £100m less than the carrier expected. But still that £70 long-haul fuel surcharge remains.BA is officially remaining mum on the subject, other than to note that the surcharge is under constant review and will be adjusted as and when appropriate.Insiders, meanwhile, point out that while BA's predicted 2006 fuel bill may well end up being £100m less than thought, it is still pencilled to come in at around £2bn - a jump on last year's £1.6bn and a vast sum of money.We should not forget either that BA has many other costs on its hands right now - not least its newly calculated £2.1bn pension deficit - and that revenue forecasts have been downgraded. You wouldn't introduce a surcharge because the plane was quite expensive to buy - so why should we tolerate an oil one?a.townsend independent.co.uk.

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For a start, with the US Department of Justice investigating surcharges at BA and other airlines, the whole subject is hardly a happy one right now. And no matter how much business sense it may make, it can't help but rankle from the passenger's perspective to hear that BA's fuel bill is coming down while we fork out an extra £70.Additionally, without wanting to state the obvious, fuel is always going to be one of BA's biggest costs. And, of course, as a public company it has a duty to protect shareholder investments. Ensure that sexism - along with every other ism - is stamped out But please don't patronise us. Lists and conferences should only ever be about people - men and women. The fur has certainly been flying between Rome and the grande dame of Italian film festivals, Venice, in the run-up to the first RomaFilmFest, which opens on Friday.

Even more charming for having had Wayne Rooney, Posh and Becks as regulars at its Belle Epoque restaurantBrasingamen's nightclub features in Channel 4's Goldplated as Kudos, the gold-diggers' paradise. The Beckhams once lived here, and Davinia Taylor still does (see also Macclesfield). The local Victoria Wine sells more champagne than any other branch. Rome stages its first film festival this week, in a direct challenge to the annual Venice jamboree, and its choice of opening presentation shows every readiness to go for the sensational, the unexpected, the daring The film chosen was until recently known simply as Fur. It has picked up a subtitle, "An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus", a placatory gesture that will serve no purpose.