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I was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in 2016. The intervening eight years have brought with them cycling peaks and...
At the end of July this year, England’s higher education regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), released its guidance around harassment and...
Have you ever tried organising a baby shower when you don’t have any children of your own? This was precisely the task one of my oldest and dearest...
JD Vance, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, has been under fire for the past few weeks for mocking Vice-President Kamala Harris as one of the...
Never mind having the safe sex talk with your teenager, have you considered having it with your parents and grandparents? You might have to. According...
Is it just me or is there a whole load more cunnilingus in TV and film than there ever has been before? Last week, fans of House of the Dragon were...
This is an article for anyone in a long-term relationship who is hoping to get engaged, or who has recently become engaged. Beware of the “shut up...
I was not a candidate in the general election, but if I had been, one of my top policies would be harsh jail terms for anyone who brings their...
I once saw Joan Rivers talking about the prospect of women achieving multiple orgasms. “I’m lucky if both sides of my toaster pop,’” she...
Two weeks ago, I ran out of my ADHD medication. I duly toddled off to my local pharmacy, prescription in hand, only to be told that they too had run...
There is a new buzzword in the sexosphere: “tolyamory.” According to to a flurry of recent articles on the topic, tolyamory “refers to an...
I bumped into someone I went to school with a few weeks back, and after a rapid catch-up, we both said something to the effect of “you haven’t...
Shortly before I decided to quit dating apps for good, I matched with a guy who was four years younger than me. For context, I was 40 at the time....
I found myself drunk at a hen do when the subject of threesomes came up. I didn’t know the women I was sat with all that well, so I kept shtum and...
Did you hear the one about the American football star who addressed a cohort of women at their graduation? He told them that the most important thing...
Love is surely one of the greatest forces in the human universe. It has shaped our history and built civilisations. It has given us some of the most...
When I read about the ongoing court case against the sex therapist Michael Lousada, I shuddered. In case you missed it, Mr Lousada is being sued by...
According to a paper published in the Archives of Sexual Behaviour in 2017, 15.6 per cent of married couples have not had sex in the last year. That...
There is a fascinating theological discussion currently playing out across social media: would you rather be stuck in a forest with a man or a bear?...
In South Korea, thousands of women have decided to opt out of dealing with men entirely. They are refusing to marry (bihon), have children...
A few weeks ago, I read an article about a new trend amongst young women in China, who were having long-term, romantic relationships with AI generated...
I’ve done a lot of things I’m not proud of, but I’ve never cheated on a partner. Don’t worry, I won’t be breaking out the halo polish...
The last time I spoke about “pegging” in front of a group of people was on a work away day when a very sweet, older colleague overheard the...
I was 39 when Davina McCall’s Sex, Myths and the Menopause dropped on Channel 4 in 2021. And it did drop. Like an atom bomb. Seemingly overnight,...
Picture the scene: its 2am in the morning and I am lying in bed, wide awake. The man beside me is sleeping like a baby, and why wouldn’t he be? He...
The concept of the “dad bod” entered our cultural lexicon around 2015. One of the earliest confirmed uses of the term is in the now viral essay...
Last year scientists revised the date of the first kiss from 1500 BCE to 2500 BCE. The paper, authored by Troels Pank Arbøll and Sophie Lund...
I don’t have kids. I did that on purpose. I am one of the growing number of women who decided being a mum just wasn’t for them. The childfree...
If you haven’t yet heard the words “Ozempic” or “Wegovy” where have you been? Both are the brand names for semaglutide, the much-hyped...
You’ve been with your partner for a while now, maybe you live together, maybe there are kids. In the beginning, the pair of you were all passion and...
I’m off the dating apps, and I mean it this time. I know there are folk out there who met over Tinder and then waltzed off into the sunset to live...
Even if you haven’t watched it, I am going assume that most of us, at the very least, have now become aware of the film Saltburn, written, directed,...
There are many red flags to watch out for when embarking on a romantic relationship; lovebombing, jealousy, how they treat the waiting staff, all...
I have long been fascinated with our culture’s obsession with breasts. Because we are, aren’t we? Obsessed. We are hardly running low on boobs –...
Leading artists, philanthropists and activists have been applauded for their talents in a flurry of 2023 round-ups over the past fortnight. But as we...
According to a YouGov survey, only 16 per cent of Brits are planning on making a New Year’s Resolution this year. That’s a lot lower than I would...
Happy Cuffing Season, everybody! What do you mean you’ve never heard of it? You must be one of those strange people who does not live your life...
I know you have heard someone talk about “love languages” before. Maybe they did it to make a joke. “Netflix and chill are my love language”,...