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Love & sex

  • Emma Beddington

    🏆 ยอดนิยม: lifeandstyle/love and sex - ประเด็นร้อนWhat does Olivia Colman’s hot sex with a basket tell us about heteropessimism?

    Emma Beddington
    In Wicker, the love interest is a man made of plaited twigs. In romantasy, women are getting it on with goblins, elves, minotaurs and mothmen. Is this bad news for heterosexual men?, asks Emma Beddington
  • Illustration of crossed arms, hands touching wrists, against a pink background

    This is how we do it: ‘We don’t have penetration – but it’s by far the best sex I’ve ever had’

  • Kev and Danielle smile for a selfie on a beach path near the sea

    The moment I knew: He loved to travel, I had a fear of flying. I expected him to skol his beer and wish me well

  • A composite image of Nelson and Louise standing together smiling against a plain white background

    Blind date: ‘He said: “If heaven is real, you’ll definitely be going there”, which might be the nicest thing anyone’s ever said to me’

  • Patrick Lenton

    🏆 ยอดนิยม: lifeandstyle/love and sex - ประเด็นร้อนMy phone thinks my boyfriend is my ‘best friend’. It’s not alone

    Patrick Lenton
  • A smiling woman with straight dark hair in a light orange sleeveless top and trousers, and a smiling man with dark hair in a white T-shirt.

    Blind date: ‘We overstayed our welcome – the waiters were shaking the cutlery drawer really loudly’

  • James & Michelle

    Blind date: ‘Most awkward moment? When I accidentally called her Melissa’

  • A composite of a man in a checked shirt and a woman in denim jacket smiling side by side

    Blind date: ‘Most awkward moment? When she squished an insect that was on my forehead’

  • Shahar and Stephen smiling next to each other. She has long curly hair and a pink vest top. He has a short beard and a baseball cap

    Blind date: ‘He asked if my disco ball tattoo was an onion’

This is how we do it

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  • An illustration of two little people lying facing each other along the headboard of a double bed.

    This is how we do it: ‘After marriage counselling, she no longer wants the lights off and the covers on’

  • An iIllustration of a man leaning in to kiss a woman's neck

    This is how we do it: ‘At our age we get to wake up and say: What are we doing today? Let’s make love’

  • A person crawls on all fours wearing a collar and leash, head lowered toward a woman's leg

    This is how we do it: ‘My mistress has complete control over me and makes me so happy’

  • Illustration of a couple embracing and about to kiss against an orange background

    This is how we do it: ‘As a sexual abuse survivor, I’ve had to relearn how to have healthy sex’

  • An illustration of a man with white hair turning away, arms folded, with a thought above his head

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    My wife and I are in our late 70s and have no children. Who can help us in our old age?

  • A composite image of Nelson and Louise standing together smiling against a plain white background

    Blind date
    Blind date: ‘He said: “If heaven is real, you’ll definitely be going there”, which might be the nicest thing anyone’s ever said to me’

  • Illustration of crossed arms, hands touching wrists, against a pink background

    This is how we do it
    This is how we do it: ‘We don’t have penetration – but it’s by far the best sex I’ve ever had’

  • Kev and Danielle smile for a selfie on a beach path near the sea

    The moment I knew
    The moment I knew: He loved to travel, I had a fear of flying. I expected him to skol his beer and wish me well

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