Sex
Is this the end of monogamy as we know it?
As couples move away from the traditional binds of marriage, Julie Bindel wonders whether heterosexuals are soon to become the new sexual outlaws
More sad than naughty
A BDSM book by a group keen to challenge gender norms is oddly conventional
Kisses in the dark
Choose ambience over aphrodisiacs for Valentine’s Day says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Rise of the sex robots
Moral boundaries are being eroded by the rise of sex robots that claim to be “the perfect companion”
Sex tips from Semele
Opera was the tinder of Renaissance Venice, says Robert Thicknesse
The real facts of life
A welcome intervention by an author determined to return some rationalism to the trans discussion
A little bit of curve
In praise of pop smut
J K Rowling is not transphobic
Is it transphobic to say women get periods? Don’t be daft, says Ella Whelan
Kemi Badenoch’s “ming vase” must be shattered
The Conservative candidate should not be allowed to escape scrutiny
Confessions of a Melbourne Bus-Fare Evader
I am become bus, destroyer of bourgeois class consciousness
The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections
Will the Austrian establishment close ranks against the Freedom Party?
Why does the establishment want to harm farms?
The Government expects farmers to act as environmental agents of the state
Noisy decline
Blaring incongruous sound is as much a sign of urban decay as piles of litter
Release the hounds
The best university sport? Beagling
Getting the measure of the Russian bear
A defensive concern under the right conditions can morph into a warrant for brutal expansionism
How should we teach about the Holocaust?
Keir Starmer’s social engineering aims seem ill-conceived
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
