Relationships

I locked eyes with a stranger crossing the street and felt the blast of pure eros | Brigid Delaney

Chance encounters, serendipity, the glint in the eye – as we open up from lockdown, they’re back baby!

Brigid Delaney

21, Oct, 2021 @4:30 PM

I do not want children, but my boyfriend (and his mother) feel differently

This isn’t just your wishes against his, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith, it’s the wishes of the person they’re asking you to make

Eleanor Gordon-Smith

21, Oct, 2021 @4:30 PM

Sex, Love and Goop review – coming to a bedroom near you: Gwyneth Paltrow

Last year, she didn’t know a clitoris from a vulva. Now, Gwynnie’s all clued up on the female anatomy – and diving deep into the nitty-gritty of intimacy and orgasms. Result!

Lucy Mangan

21, Oct, 2021 @1:26 PM

Bachelorette Australia’s first Brooke Blurton episode is a triumph. I finally have my church back | Matilda Boseley

With its first bisexual and first Indigenous lead, the franchise may have saved itself – and its community

Matilda Boseley

21, Oct, 2021 @4:13 AM

I enjoy oral sex – but penetration scares me. Am I letting my partner down?

I am really confused and embarrassed about not being able to perform, and am worried there is something wrong with me

Pamela Stephenson Connolly

20, Oct, 2021 @11:23 AM

How we met: ‘By the time I called, she was dating other people’

When Randy Sue first saw a picture of Courtney on a friend’s wall, she jokingly called him her future husband. They finally met three years later, married and now live in Houston, Texas

Lizzie Cernik

19, Oct, 2021 @10:00 AM

‘I feel hurt that my life has ended up here’: The women who are involuntary celibates

What is it like to go without a partner when you long for one – and when even a fleeting sexual connection feels impossible?

Lizzie Cernik

18, Oct, 2021 @9:00 AM

Stella Moris on her secret family with Julian Assange: ‘He’s unlike anyone I have ever met’

What’s it like raising two boys when their father is wanted by the US? The partner of the WikiLeaks founder tells her story

Simon Hattenstone

16, Oct, 2021 @11:00 AM

Blind date: ‘A man on the next table was watching a horror film’

Marta, 30, project manager, meets Andrew, 33, broadcast journalist

16, Oct, 2021 @5:00 AM

You be the judge: I’m super tidy, my girlfriend is not. Should she change her ways?

We air both sides of a domestic disagreement – and ask you to deliver a verdict

Interviews by Georgina Lawton

15, Oct, 2021 @7:00 AM

My new lover takes my breath away. However, I feel a sense of dread. How do I stop this?

It is hard to loosen the tentacles that dread wraps around the mind, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith, the goal is to live on despite them