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Relationships

July 2024

  • Illustration of a couple kissing while inside a giant carton of popcorn

    This is how we do it around the world: a sex special
    ‘We fool around in semi-public places. You could be arrested or publicly shamed’: This is how we do it in Uganda

  • Asher Keddie outside a bush shack in Fake

    Fake review – Asher Keddie thrills in visceral drama about a romance scammer

  • Illustration of a naked man and woman dancing together. The man as a rose in his mouth

    This is how we do it around the world: a sex special
    ‘We’ve been together 33 years. I want sex once a week. He wishes it was three times a day’: This is how we do it in Chile

  • A woman in black and white, screaming at the top of her voice

    All the rage: women are furious – and repressing it can ruin our lives

  • This is how we do it around the world: a sex special
    ‘Our first sexual encounter was a mess. We were so anxious, neither of us could get an erection’: This is how we do it in Nigeria

  • Why am I like this?
    Why do I feel like I’m stuck in a ‘waiting room’, hoping for my life to get started?

  • This is how we do it around the world: a sex special
    ‘It is routine to check whether you are related to a romantic partner before you get serious’: This is how we do it in Iceland

30 June 2024

  • Illustration of a naked man and woman who are kissing while blindfolded

    This is how we do it around the world: a sex special
    ‘Most of the flirting is virtual – you sit at a computer and talk to girls online’: This is how we do it in China

    Tao grew up in a conservative family and era – so how did meeting Chen, who was younger and more experimental, change him?

29 June 2024

  • Suzan Muir and Jon Muir in 2002 when they first got together

    The moment I knew
    The moment I knew: on the long night walk, he had barely enough food for himself – but shared half with me

    Suzan Muir was drawn to Jon’s wild animal physicality and love of nature. Then a simple act of generosity left her besotted
  • Illustration of a naked woman being carried by a naked man from her wheelchair

    This is how we do it around the world: a sex special
    ‘Sex work is decriminalised – and my time with Samuel is subsidised by the government’: This is how we do it in Australia

    Susan is paraplegic and Samuel is her support worker. His support comes in the shape of four-hour sessions in a motel room

    • This is how we do it around the world: a sex special
      ‘Sex in an LA spa was strangely wholesome, like an extension of the wellness experience’: This is how we do it in America

    • This is how we do it around the world: a sex special
      ‘The idea that every Parisian is in a menage a trois is a silly stereotype’: This is how we do it in France

    • Blind date
      Blind Date: ‘Is 12 a score?’

28 June 2024

  • Illustration of two girls standing with their backs to us, one is touching the other's back and light and sparkles are coming out.

    12 little acts of kindness: what friends and strangers did for each other in their hour of need

  • Judge 29th June - WEB - USE THIS ONE

    You be the judge
    You be the judge: Should my wife stop putting Lidl hand soap in expensive bottles?

27 June 2024

  • A woman wearing a towel and looking towards the floor

    Sexual healing
    My partner wants me to ejaculate – and I’m not sure it’s possible

  • Loretta and partner for G2 - How we met Pictured in Stoke Rochford, 2023

    How we met
    How we met: ‘I’d stopped appreciating new things because I was always on my own. Now, I really enjoy them’

24 June 2024

  • Young woman reads a book on the beach

    No, being single doesn’t make me miserable. It’s the key to living my best life

    Jill Stark
    I feel more at peace with myself at 48 than I ever have. Far from feeling like a lesser path, my life feels expansive

22 June 2024

  • Coogee Run Club after running from Coogee to Clovelly as dawn breaks.

    Run clubs, book readings and salsa: the gatherings pulling gen Z off their screens

  • ‘He made me see the lighter side of life’: Heather and Rhodri in 2008

    The moment I knew
    The moment I knew: in his hospital bed, he ripped off his oxygen mask and said he loved me

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