The good hacker: can Taiwanese activist turned politician Audrey Tang detoxify the internet?

As the ‘civic hacker’ who became Taiwan’s first transgender cabinet minister, she is used to breaking boundaries. What can the rest of the world learn from her vision of a happy and inclusive web?

Britons splash out on get-togethers as events industry toasts summer boom

Venues and companies report rise in bookings, from family bashes and weddings to date nights, book clubs and Dungeons & Dragons

‘My experiences are those of so many other women’: Anna Marie Tendler on mental health and the men in her life

Men Have Called Her Crazy charts the artist’s stay in a psychiatric facility – not her divorce with John Mulaney

Can menopause be fun and sexy? Yes, according to Miranda July

In her latest novel, All Fours, the perimenopause is a time of crisis, rebirth and radical sexual awakening. Watch out, says Zoe Williams

Beautiful, bruising and complex: what I’ve learned about female friendship

Ahead of her new Virago book on women’s friendships, our writer reflects on two pivotal friendships of her own, as well as some notable literary ones

Black Arsenal: how the club and its players set the pace for integration and ‘natural multiculturalism’

A new book explores how the north London side and stars such as Ian Wright became a gamechanger for Black culture and racial integration in defiance of ingrained prejudices

Naomi Klein: ‘So many of my ideas get lost’

The writer, 54, talks about cyclical relationships, fear of fascists – and letting go of self-consciousness

Aliens, artists and Abscam: Amy Adams’ 20 best performances – ranked!

The six times Oscar-nominated actor, who turns 50 this month, stars in comedy horror Nightbitch releasing in December. We look back at some of her best roles

On my radar: Sue Perkins’s cultural highlights

The broadcaster and standup comedian on her love of Angela Carter, bewitching Budapest, and a pizza restaurant that fuses Indian and Italian cuisine

‘One of the most disgusting meals I’ve ever eaten’: AI recipes tested

Bratwurst ice-cream. Crockpot mojito. Can you stomach a recipe written by a robot?

Crossword book club: Double or Die by Charlie Higson

Crosswords play a vital role in this entry in the Young Bond series

Ice baths, rare steak and no masturbation: was Walt Whitman the first wellness influencer?

The poet’s strident views, outlined in an 1858 article entitled Manly Health and Training, are remarkably similar to many popular gurus operating in the modern manosphere

Show up, love the process, don’t follow trends: insider tips on how to write a book

If you have a book in you, a novelist, an agent and a publisher each share their top three golden rules for getting it out

Richard Simmons obituary

American fitness instructor and weight-loss expert who became a popular television celebrity

When my mother died, I thought her violent boyfriend had won. But she had secretly taken back control

Ever since I was 14, this man had blighted both our lives. But my mum turned out to be stronger and more resourceful than I had ever imagined