by Stephen Bayley /
24th March 2016
Three glasses of house Gascony into the meal and we had reached the topic of perennial fascination to monogamists: the limits of fidelity. Just how far can you go before a genuine transgression occurs? What is the quantum? A quantum being not, as is the mistaken commonplace, a very large thing, but the smallest measurable one. This is a pursuit whose metaphysics compare with the finesse needed from line calls in tennis. Just what's in and just what's out? It's always entertaining. What are the exact limits of acceptability?
by Bruce Abrahams /
23rd March 2016
'Mind you' someone observed, 'I don't think you'd forget it if a randy old bloke had tried to shove his dick up your bum'. By this point the women in the group had devoted themselves to the dessert buffet and we chaps were topping up with digestifs at the bar. It's funny how these tribal habits cling on. But it did make it easier to discuss the matter of anal intercourse and its apparent normalisation in public discourse.
by Daisy Bata /
21st March 2016
It’s a cold, crisp Friday night. Hordes of people swarm the streets of London, wrapped in woollen scarves and thick coats. But in a discreet corner, on a dimly lit road, is a sweaty cocoon of sex, booze and wealth. Behind a set of glass doors, down a sticky dark staircase, I’m standing at a bar in a black lace mask, thigh high black suede boots and nothing else. I’m over dressed.
by Ian Dunt /
17th March 2016
George Osborne just used the Budget to scrap sex education. Without anyone really noticing, George Osborne appears to have scrapped compulsory sex education in schools.
by Erotic Review /
16th March 2016
Even as great lovers of the written word, we have to admit that when it comes to sex, visual aids are a greta help. So we joined Instagram and started sharing some of the beautiful illustrations and covers we've published over the years. Despite Instagram's need to stay squeeky-clean to stay as an app available for download on the Apple Store (the real reason why Instagram gets skittish over nipples) it gushes sex. Here are our favourite sex-obsessed Instagrammers... is it cheeky to include our own account?
by Jonathon Green /
11th March 2016
FROM THE ARCHIVE | Vital statistics: size means everything in lexicography. If I request my database to deliver up those terms which, out of the 1500 that slang has amassed for fucking and the 2500 that are available to mean 'drunk', I find that it offers me 72 overlaps. These are not invariably homonyms, in many cases, it is a matter of disparate phrases stemming from a common root, but the material remains.
by Daisy Bata /
9th March 2016
Although the magazine will still feature cartoons, interviews and opinion pieces, the naked women are gone, replaced by tantalisingly almost nude women in the print magazine, but with nude shots still available if you buy an online subscription. Is it just a clever marketing tool to grab the attention of a readership that dropped from a high of 7,000,000 to a low of only 800,000? Or will tactfully covering up the naughty bits, and bringing Playboy down to the middle shelves alongside GQ and Esquire, erase the rampantly misogynist image Playboy has garnered?
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by Zoë Apostolides /
10th March 2016
Catullus is not current or sexy. And he not only wrote – he wrote poems, which is a bit naff. Plus, he’s dead. Thankfully, Daisy Dunn is here to save the day. She adores this ancient verse-maker, and now, since reading her first books – published concurrently – so do I.
by Alice Frances /
7th March 2016
Allen Jones does not allow us to objectify her body and what she represents. Each image realises her as an individual person. The maîtresse may represent your utmost fantasies and she may wear a mask of sorts, but she is also a strong and a highly accessible representation of a sexually powerful female figure.
by Jamie Maclean /
7th March 2016
Sorry: How to Choose a Partner won't necessarily help you if you're trying to determine whether a prospective partner is going to be a good lay. It's not going to literally tell you how to choose a partner, either. But it could be massively helpful in suggesting why you've got it right (if your partnership works OK) or why you keep getting it so terribly, terribly wrong...
by Florence Walker /
3rd March 2016
Fans of the cerebral and weird Being John Malkovich will be familiar with screenwriter and director Charlie Kaufman’s fascination with puppets. Before Kaufman had to contend with using real people as the puppets, now he’s a real puppet master. It’s almost a shame to give even the premise away, as seeing the story unfold is a pleasure in itself. Kaufman is a master story teller although you can feel like he’s dragging it out a little. But the intricate nature of the stop-still animation is enough to keep you quite comfortable in your seat. For those who relish the thought of being at the mercy of Kaufman’s genius: stop reading here. For those you need more convincing, read on.
by Victoria Rowley /
26th February 2016
The prominent theme running through this tour is of seeing the erotic in relation to culture. We can recognise an erotic power/status shift, which is made more dramatic the further we look back. Reality had become ultra-reality to the Romans as the female body is depicted nude in Classical sculpture. Only the goddess Venus would regularly be seen nude in the art and get away with it due to her divinity
by Florence Walker /
22nd February 2016
Maestra is hotly tipped to be the next Fifty Shades of Grey but with the merciful addendum that it’s been written by L.S.Hilton who can write brilliantly. And with Amy Pascal’s production company handling the film adaptation, you can be sure that this’ll be a proper blockbuster. Move over Anastasia, there’s a new Queen of kink in town… and she knows what a butt plug is.
by Florence Walker /
18th February 2016
Ex-girlfriends are creepy enough without being dead. But if you're going to run with the metaphor of the end of a relationship being death, make the ex properly dead. Make them look like the Corpse Bride as in Nina Forever. Over-emphasise the weirdness of the physical presence of exes by having them take part in an awkward threesome with their ex-partner and said partner's new boo, as they do in Nina Forever. Highlight the pain of finding the old flame's stuff by having them appear and smear blood everywhere, as they do in Nina Forever. And make it sexy as hell, as they do in Nina Forever.
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