My mum is a sex therapist

As a boy in the 1970s, Tom Cutler liked to keep some things to himself. The question he really dreaded was this: 'What does your mother do for a living?'

Thanks for Sharing – review

Catherine Shoard: Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Josh Gad and Pink come together as sex addicts in this directorial debut from the author of The Kids are All Right

The buzz: how the vibrator came to be

In 19th-century Britain, women suffering from chronic anxiety were prescribed pelvic finger massage. Doctors found this tedious and time-consuming, so they invented something to do the job for them. Decca Aitkenhead reports