It’s been 31 years since the release of Gender Trouble. What were you aiming to achieve with the book? It was meant to be a critique of heterosexual assumptions within feminism, but it turned out to be more about gender categories. For instance, what it means to be a woman
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The Presets’ Julian Hamilton on the under-the-bed discovery that changed his career
Julian Hamilton was a student at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music when he crossed paths with Kim Moyes. It was a fortuitous meeting – the pair eventually went on to become the Presets, the electronic music duo who were first a fixture of claustrophobic clubs and eventually big festival stages
Tell us about your memorable holiday encounters with nature
Have you had a memorable encounter with nature while on holiday? Did you witness any interesting wildlife, perhaps? Or maybe you were awed by a deep sea dive? Wherever your trip was, tell us all about it below. Share your experiences You can get in touch by filling in the
Venice film festival red carpet: from Helen Mirren to Timothée Chalamet – in pictures
Craig Robinson on the red carpet for Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon, setting off his classic black suit with a silk scarf. Photograph: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images Facebook Twitter
Nigel Slater’s recipe for courgettes with tahini
Even the largest of late-summer courgettes can make good eating when floured, seasoned and fried until crisp. Put 4 tbsp of light tahini in a mixing bowl. Peel and crush 1 small clove of garlic to a paste, then add it to the bowl with 50ml water, 250ml of thick
Free Blockbuster: VHS tapes are back! But are they really worth the bother?
Name: Free Blockbuster. Age: Founded in 2018. Appearance: Post-apocalyptic entertainment network. But what is Blockbuster, and why does it need freeing? Blockbuster was an international chain of video rental outlets, which filed for bankruptcy in 2010. Sorry, an international chain of what? Video rental outlets – shops where you could
Beyond the sarnie: no-cook packed lunches to beat back-to-work blues | Kitchen aide
If my office fridge, microwave and kettle are out of bounds thanks to Covid, what can I look to for a tasty packed lunch? I’m already lugging a Thermos of tea, so nothing that needs to live in another weighty flask.Fred, London It’s hard enough navigating the many pitfalls of
Superfood surprise! Ten delicious, unexpected ways with kale – from sausage stew to apple cake
Kale is an exhausting food – not because of how it tastes, but for its role in the never-ending culture war. It’s a symbol of wishy-washy, out-of-touch wellness culture, and is therefore considered with suspicion by a certain segment of society. Which is silly, not least because kale is actually
Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s Tiffany advert criticised by friends of Basquiat
Close friends of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat have spoken out against the advert from jewellers Tiffany which features Beyoncé and Jay-Z posing in front of one of his paintings saying it was “not really what he was about”. Basquiat’s 1982 work Equals Pi sits behind the couple in the campaign as
‘There is so much bad behaviour everywhere’: how to raise a good child in a terrible world
When Melinda Wenner Moyer looked around in the autumn of 2018, she saw everywhere what she would describe as “assholes”. In the US and the UK, hate crime was – and is – rising. Across the world, #MeToo allegations continued to come. Donald Trump was in the White House and