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  • Illustration of two pairs of male legs in bed

    I used to be a top, but it no longer works for me. How do I tell my partner I’ve become a side?

  • Bibi Lynch – journalist, writer and broadcaster –wearing a leopard print coat and sunglasses smiling leaning over a railing with pretty houses behind her

    A moment that changed me: I’m 58 and single since 1997. A Sex and the City meme transformed my life

    My first and only proper relationship ended the day after Princess Diana died. There followed years of dalliances and situationships, before I realised something crucial about myself
  • 'Sexy Book' cover illustration for pass notes

    The sexiest books of all time: Goodreads has ranked them – and Mister Orgasm is on top

    The popular book site has determined the 45 sauciest stories ever written. The results may surprise you
  • Three woman holding their mobile phones outside and looking at the screens

    No dating apps, no dates, no exes, no hookups: what’s driving the ‘boy sober’ trend?

    Lisa Portolan
  • Emma Beddington

    Young women are telling each other to ‘date rich’. How terrifyingly retro

    Emma Beddington
  • Posed by model Rear View Of Man Working From Home On Computer In Home Office Stretching At Desk

    Why do I keep falling in love with totally unavailable people?

  • Greg Tanner and Leigh Shelley at their wedding in Sydney, 1983.

    The moment I knew: I burst into the living room with his letter held high and screeched, ‘I’m getting married!’

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  • Agnes and Tom

    Blind date: ‘I was hoping to find the perfect plus-one for my granny’s 80th next week’

  • Guardian Blind Daters: Deej and Naomi

    A Guardian Blind Date happy ending, the boy who fled the Nazis, and Philippa Perry’s advice on an alcoholic father – podcast

  • Myrna and Manos standing together.

    Blind date: ‘I probably talked too much, but tequila has that effect on me’

  • A composite photo of Laura and Paddy together, both smiling and wearing black.

    Blind date: ‘I’ve given up trying to understand the male psyche’

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  • Jane and Kristi in California in 2016.

    How we met
    How we met: ‘She was so glamorous – I was terrified’

  • Posed by model Rear View Of Man Working From Home On Computer In Home Office Stretching At Desk

    Ask Philippa
    Why do I keep falling in love with totally unavailable people?

  • Illustration of two pairs of male legs in bed

    Sexual healing
    I used to be a top, but it no longer works for me. How do I tell my partner I’ve become a side?

  • illustration of man standing alone

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    My daughter took her own life, and I can’t face talking to anyone about it

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