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Juliet Jacques

Exploring counter-culture in the arts, politics, sexuality and sport

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Asunder.
By Juliet Jacques - 17 June 14:45

Asunder communicates its ideas, and their supporting cultural references, subtly and efficiently.

A still from "Underground". Image: BFI
By Juliet Jacques - 03 June 15:06

Juliet Jacques returns to one of Britain’s best silent films.

New Statesman
By Juliet Jacques - 29 May 12:01

Juliet Jacques considers the changing meaning of a seminal work of performance art.

Occupy Washington. Situationist ideas can be seen in Occupy, the Yes Men, Anonym
By Juliet Jacques - 16 May 16:22

An interview with McKenzie Wark.

April Ashley poses with her MBE
By Juliet Jacques - 25 March 11:34

Some thoughts on their relationship in 2013.

Fanny and Stella.
By Juliet Jacques - 18 March 11:57

Neil McKenna’s book revisits one of Victorian Britain’s most explosive trials.

The Fitzgeralds dance in front of a Christmas tree. Photograph: Getty Images
By Juliet Jacques - 12 March 16:06

An innovative "memoir" reassesses the place of women in modern literature.

B S Johnson.
By Juliet Jacques - 25 February 10:08

A new volume remembers "experimental" author B S Johnson as far more than a novelist.

The work of Art Spiegelman, whom Iyer admires. Photo: Getty
By Juliet Jacques - 04 February 12:12

An interview with the cult author about Exodus, the final novel in his trilogy about philosophy and writing.

A gay activist silhouetted against the LGBT flag at a rally at the University of
By Juliet Jacques - 16 January 9:30

When it comes to pronouns or gendered descriptors, it's better to allow people autonomy over their identities rather than impose your own preconceptions.

Early film still
By Juliet Jacques - 13 January 13:34

Talkies took over, but as a form the silent movie stands the test of time.

Painting After Performance runs at Tate Modern until April 2013.
By Juliet Jacques - 26 November 12:28

The Tate Modern’s new exhibition asks how painting and performance art met – and parted.

Barricades in front of the Madeleine during the Commune of Paris
By Juliet Jacques - 13 November 10:27

Lissagaray’s seminal history is reissued – but why now?

No. Photograph: Getty Images
By Juliet Jacques - 25 October 11:57

Juliet Jacques explores the complexities of "confessional" journalism.

Marina Abramović performing in "The Artist is Present".
By Juliet Jacques - 17 September 12:23

The legendary performance artist’s retrospective is lovingly documented on DVD.

Darren Eadie playing for Norwich City in 1996
By Juliet Jacques - 30 August 8:48

The former Norwich and Leicester star talks further about his mental health campaign.

Quentin Crisp at his Chelsea home in 1981. Photograph: Getty Images
By Juliet Jacques - 24 August 11:03

Non-conformist queer perspectives offer radical alternatives to notions of "success".

Howard Wilkinson
By Juliet Jacques - 30 July 11:34

Leeds United’s title win of 1992 was the last of its kind in many ways.

The ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture in front of the Olympic Stadium
By Juliet Jacques - 11 July 13:14

The two towers are closer in ideology than iconography, but still worlds apart.

Belgian writer Jean-Philippe Toussaint
By Juliet Jacques - 05 July 15:34

A mysterious narrator, tricks of the mind and admirably pragmatic prose.

Penny Arcade and her London dancers
By Juliet Jacques - 27 June 15:47

The performance artist talks bisexuality, feminism and being an outsider.

Justin Fashanu.
By Juliet Jacques - 02 May 11:38

The narrative that homophobia in football was primarily responsible for his death forms a dauntingly

Eva Peron
By Juliet Jacques - 17 April 16:33

Copi and an Argentinian classic of queer theatre.

By Juliet Jacques - 13 February 17:57

The media's monstering of transgender people is finally being challenged.

By Juliet Jacques - 18 November 14:06

The medium’s ability to improve its own minority representation is strictly limited.

By Juliet Jacques - 12 November 10:55

Can inspirational LGBT figures help the victims of homophobic bullying?

By Juliet Jacques - 27 June 17:41

Attitudes towards trans people betray the wider failures of "alternative" comedy.

By Juliet Jacques - 20 June 14:15

Tate Britain’s Vorticism exhibition revisits one of English art’s most radical and yet mysterious movements.

By Juliet Jacques - 17 June 14:14

What challenges would be faced by a famous person transitioning in public?

By Juliet Jacques - 26 May 16:59

A culture’s latest milestone.

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