In his own words: the midwife

David Cunningham: I'm very much a man's man. If you were going to pick a man who you thought would become a midwife, I'd probably be the last person you'd think of.

Shall we lend them a hand?

Lisa Hilton: Any woman can see that men today are in crisis. And, yes, maybe they do deserve it. But perhaps a less confrontational attitude to sexual politics could yet save the beleaguered British male.

In his own words: the priest

Hugh MacKenzie: Chastity in the broadest sense is using your body and your whole sexuality, including the erotic, for the service of others.

I’m a mother. But I’m a man too

He was born a girl, but Dan knew there was something awry. So after giving birth to a child he set about constructing a masculine self. Now he knows better than most what being male is all about.

Ask Emma

Natural health therapist, Emma Mitchell, answers your questions.

The new black

Facials are not supposed to be fun, nor are they supposed to be glamorous, says Hannah Pool.

Celibacy and the city

John O'Farrell: A movement called the Silver Ring Thing are promoting the idea that young people should not have sexual relations before marriage, which is an inversion of the usual British tradition of abstaining from sex after marriage.