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Family, food and sex: my week as a lion

Family, food and sex: my week as a lion

Each week Simon Barnes hears what the last seven days has been like for a member of the animal kingdom

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‘My sexual recovery after cancer’

‘My sexual recovery after cancer’

After cancer treatment, the author tuned into the pleasure of touch in other ways


‘Skin hunger’ is a touchy subject

‘Skin hunger’ is a touchy subject

‘Skin hunger’ is a sensation felt from a lack of physical contact. But platonic touch is not an easy need to get met…


Up close with the world’s leading intimacy coordinator

Up close with the world’s leading intimacy coordinator

Ita O’Brien reveals why respecting the sex scene benefits not just actors, but all of us


Unicorns, ice-cream cones, little pigs… the cutification of sex toys

Unicorns, ice-cream cones, little pigs… the cutification of sex toys

After the Rabbit became an international bestseller, the market for sex toys started to grow and change dramatically. But when – and why – did pleasure start to look so playful?


I was propositioned by my electrician. But why?

I was propositioned by my electrician. But why?

An unexpected proposition from her tradesman leads a writer to examine her own sexual kinks


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