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The last time erotica had a moment, Fifty Shades turned bondage into water cooler chat. Now, the genre’s back – only this time, the safe words are spells. But while fans of ‘romantasy’ say the sex is out of this world, what does our collective appetite for so-called ‘faerie smut’ say about the sex we’re really having...or not?

Eleven years on from the ‘transgender tipping point’ — a term coined by Time magazine when it featured Laverne Cox on its cover, and a moment of self-visualisation and representation for many a trans

More women in their 40s are saying yes to sex clubs. Ellie Fennell joins the party

Nobody wants a brothel on their doorstep, but recognising prostitution as work could protect women, says Michelle Hather

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I bellow, naked under a waterfall in the Welsh countryside, each drop of water as vital as a first kiss. But there’s no one around to hear me, save for countless trees swaying in the breeze as if expr