Love & Sex
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Shakira took on the ‘scorned woman’ role, and promptly set fire to it
For most of this millennium, Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll has been famous for three things: her mane of hair, her…
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Kinks, tips and Ben Affleck’s ‘technical excellence’: Welcome to the age of the celebrity sex overshare
Robbie Williams and his wife, Ayda Field, rarely have sex. Rachel Bilson wants to be “f***ing manhandled” by her partners.…
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Selling Sunset’s Jason Oppenheim is single again
Jason Oppenheim and Marie Lou Nurk have announced their breakup after 10 months together. Oppenheim’s luxury real estate agency The…
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There’s a lost generation trapped in the gap between straight and gay
In the last census, 1.5 per cent of respondents identified as gay or lesbian while 1.3 per cent identified as…
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‘Help! I’ve become my boyfriend’s mum’: The unstoppable rise of the manchild
Jenny is embarrassed to admit that she used to clean her ex-boyfriend’s bedroom for him. She would fold his clothes,…
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Dating apps may be unpopular, but I can’t help but love them
I woke up on Valentine’s Day this year to a message on a dating app that was so disgustingly profane…
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‘People in the past did have sex lives’: Penis graffiti, Roman dildos and the secret history of ancient sex
The saying goes that if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a duck. But…
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Carrie and Aidan are doing it but can ‘relationship recycling’ work in real life?
TV has a rule I like to call “Chekhov’s Love Interest”. If a serious paramour pops up in season one,…
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‘The feminist in me is, like, hell yeah!’: Will men take the male contraceptive pill?
What is the greatest invention in history? Some might say the wheel, others sliced bread. But there is a strong…
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‘Being with other men is an act of self-care’: The Brits who say affairs are saving their marriages
Missy* is 41, married and regularly sleeps with men she’s met online. “Me and my husband have never been sexually…
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