Take heart, men of negligible tone and tummies as hollow as your cheeks
Stuart Jeffries: Research involving 29 Latvian women in their fertile phase has revealed what women want – and it's good news for skinny guys
My mother has early-stage lung cancer, but won’t give up smoking
I struggle with the smell and her refusal to consider its effects on her health. How should I deal with this?
This column will change your life: the harsh realities of relationships
Is it really true that men and women can't ever be just friends and that relationships are always a power struggle, asks Oliver Burkeman
My husband has not wanted sex since I became pregnant
We kiss and cuddle but haven't made love for five months – does he find me unattractive?
Sex toys and social enterprise: the perfect match?
Terry Hawkins explains how FPA is using its new social enterprise arm to help fund work promoting sexual awareness
On the trail of the Free Hugs founder
Everybody likes a cuddle, so why has the man who pioneered the global Free Hugs movement gone off in a huff? Elizabeth Day gets touchy feely in order to find out
Fifty Shades of Grey is bad for bondage
These novels are wrong to demonise people whose erotic style embraces bondage, domination and sadomasochism, writes Pamela Stephenson Connolly
My moobs and me: growing up with gynecomastia
Matt Cornell grew up with gynecomastia, a harmless condition that made his school days a misery. From the bullying to the surgery that followed, he looks back on what 'moobs' meant to him
Dating after brain surgery
When a sudden brain bleed left her with facial paralysis and disability, Louise Krug wondered if she'd ever be able to find a boyfriend again ...
Why I let my husband die
Paul Anderson wanted to die. He'd been ill for years and had tried to take his life three times. The next time, his wife Jill decided to respect his wishes. And she was charged with manslaughter. Hannah Booth meets her