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Should you treat them mean to keep them keen? Millie Court and Cosmo’s new podcast gets into it

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I only slept with celebrities for six months. This is how

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Is my relationship doomed, or am I spiralling?

‘i spoke to a bunch of reformed fuckboys — this is what i learned’

‘What I learned interviewing former fuckboys’

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Introducing The O Box: our new collab with Lovehoney

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Meet the young couples bringing back swinging

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Don’t like your friend’s partner? Read this

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Is ‘don’t settle’ a toxic ideal in relationships?

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PSA: Longer sex doesn’t always equal better sex

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How to know if you’re dating a narcissist

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How to make your orgasm live on (and on, and on)

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Did the non-monogamy ‘experiment’ fail?

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‘How the manosphere radicalised my boyfriend’

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‘I’m married but I’m still looking for The One’

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What it’s like making porn with your IRL partner

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The truth about maintenance sex

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‘My relationship was making me sick’

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Why so many women can’t resist ‘tradwife’ porn

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‘How weight loss jabs killed my sex drive’

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A married couple’s tour of Europe’s sex clubs

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The (happy!) couples who live very separate lives

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What do men really think of dating today?

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Is your partner silently breaking up with you?

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erotic stories

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Read ‘Paradise’, where a couple invite a voyeur to their beach hook-up

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Read ‘Mykonos Heat’ — a lesbian erotic fiction

read ‘audiogasm’ — an erotic fiction

Read ‘Audiogasm’ — an erotic fiction

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Read ‘Beautifully Intense’ — an erotic fiction

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Read ‘Take a Breath’ — an erotic fiction

best sex ever

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‘I had hot campervan sex with a rapper at a music festival’

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My best sex ever was right after he’d cheated

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10 real-life couples on their best sex ever

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‘I had hot sex with a stranger in a train toilet’

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My best sex ever was dominating a high-powered city man

longreads

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What it’s like to date outside of your pay bracket

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Inside the offline pornography boom

men reveal how their porn habits have changed since age verification

Men on their changing porn habits post-age verification

why more women are making men submit to them in bed

Why more women are making men submit to them in bed

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LGBTQ+

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Ever heard of a queerplatonic relationship? Allow us to fill you in

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‘A rim job helped me realise I’m trans’

bisexual visibility

What comes after bisexual visibility?

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The truth about the ‘lesbian renaissance’

gender affirming sex toys

Best gender-affirming sex toys

let’s go shopping

best oral sex toys

These clit suckers might be better than oral sex

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Wanna learn to squirt? We’ve got the toys for you

best clit vibrators

The best clit vibrators for bigger orgasms

best lesbian sex toys

16 of the best lesbian sex toys

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The 18 best crotchless knickers to buy in 2025

best rabbit vibrators

The 21 best rabbit vibrators for every budget

best magic wands

The best wand vibes to shop now

best sex toys for couples

These are the 22 best sex toys for couples

best beginners sex toys

Just a round-up of the best sex toys for newbies

best cock rings

The best cock rings, recommended by a sex writer

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21 male sex toys to treat your partner to

best vibrators

The 19 best vibrators for every kind of orgasm

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The best sex toy kits: because sometimes, size does matter

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Does this vibrator really have a 100% orgasm rate?

lelo switch review

‘I tried LELO Switch for double-ended pleasure’

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Is this car key vibrator enough to drive you wild?

snail vibe review

The only snail sex toy review you need to read

relationship advice

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This 4-week challenge will deepen emotional intimacy in your relationship

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This is what sexual intimacy really means

relationship mistakes

These are the 6 biggest relationship mistakes

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30 guys on the first time they said ‘I love you’

the biggest mistakes couples make when trying to ‘fix’ their sex lives

How couples sustain a strong sexual connection

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level up your sex life

what men get wrong in bed

Women reveal what men get wrong in bed

let’s talk about spit play

What is a spit kink? Let’s talk about spit play

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The everyday habits killing women’s sex drives

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How to do the (challenging) apex sex position

how to initiate sex with your partner — fun and flirty tips from sexperts

How to initiate sex with your partner

how to stop stress affecting your sex life, according to a sex therapist

How to stop stress affecting your sex life

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This is what women really want in bed

how to start watching porn with a partner (and why you should)

How to start watching porn with your partner

in case you missed it

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‘I have no one to please but myself’: Why more and more women are choosing to stay single