Brit Dawson

It might be one of many outdated stereotypes about marriage, but there is truth to the idea that your sex life dwindles the longer you’re together. Marriage tends to be defined by its comfortable consistency – which isn’t a bad thing, but it’s not always a seductive proposition. All of this is to say: if you’re not having sex right now – and haven’t for a while – you’re definitely not alone. In fact, the whole nation is sex-starved. There’s even a subreddit dedicated to it – aptly called r/DeadB…

It’s an art, learning how to have better sex. That’s because there’s no blueprint for good, let alone great sex. It’s not like you can master a routine and replicate it each time to rapturous applause from whoever’s beneath you. In fact, there’s sometimes no rhyme or reason at all. You might have the dullest sex of your life in the most romantic setting with someone you love, and the hottest someplace not exactly aesthetically promising and with someone you thought you couldn’t stand. And, yes,…

There’s nothing like going home for the holidays. A few days off work, boozing from morning until night, having screaming rows with everyone in your family. Bliss! This year, if that wasn’t enough to get you in the Christmas spirit, you could also load up Amazon Prime and settle in next to grandma to watch Barry Keoghan fuck a freshly dug grave. Yep, Saltburn has been the bizarre family favourite of the festive period. Whether we loved it or hated it, we all seem to have tortured ourselves by wa…

Whichever end you’re on, there’s more to blow jobs than you might think. Just as you can’t bob your head up and down and hope for the best, you also can’t – or, at least, shouldn’t – lie back lifelessly with your arms folded behind your head. Essentially, blow jobs are a two-way thing, and they require thought-out positions, signs of pleasure (or vocalisation when something’s not working), and, above all, practice. So, to help you become the best oral sex giver and/or receiver you can be, we ask…

From Caroline Polachek to Lana Del Rey, 2023 is already musically blessed

It’s the request some long for and others dread, that takes things to the next level; you might even hit this milestone before you actually meet in person – the telltale ping of “send nudes”. Dick pics might seem throwaway, the norm, but putting your body out into the world is an action built on trust. There are so many variables that can make this an unpleasant experience: they may not like it; they may not respond; they may share it with friends or the wider public without your consent; it may…

Being productive for money can be hard, but what’s harder still is that life comes with more responsibilities than just paid work. Light bulbs have to be changed, bathrooms have to be cleaned, food has to be purchased, then prepared, then eaten. The list goes on. Simply hustling harder won’t help you with the big problems in life (in fact, some people are even rejecting this hustle culture in favour ‘quiet quitting’). But being productive can boost your energy and happiness – and it works the ot…

Fertility has long been a female issue, burdening women and stigmatising men simultaneously. A new generation of organisations are hoping to change that

One of my greatest life lessons came from a stranger who told me to “shut the fuck up”. It was 2017 and we were watching Bon Iver at Primavera in Barcelona. Well, other people were watching Bon Iver; I, very drunk, was loudly chewing my friend’s ear off about something. Although the details are hazy, I remember being annoyed by the comment at first, only realising how obnoxious I was the following morning in the sober light of day. The worst thing – which makes me physically cringe every time I…

From Robyn to Flying Lotus to Deee-Lite, here’s some of the wide-ranging genre’s most dancefloor-filling albums

There’s a trope that sometimes happens in films or on TV, where characters are made to call each other names that explicitly outline their relation to one another, for example, ‘big sis’ or ‘baby bro’ – terms that people don’t tend to use in real life. The bizarre nicknames are often established early on and then never used again, and they usually signify an actual familial connection, as opposed to just a term of endearment. Not in The Bear, though. In The Bear season one, we were quickly intro…

It’s been 20 years since The OC gave us some of TV’s greatest needle drops – but it’s not the only show with a phenomenal soundtrack

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Angling after another satirical sci-fi? Fear not, there’s a whole host of technological dystopias out there – some of which inspired Charlie Brooker himself

Certain podcasts have a time and a place. If you’ve got a spare hour, then no more listening time for another week, you might want to stick on a quick, standalone episode of something like The News Agents, Sounds Like A Cult, or Short History Of – the kind of thing you easily can pick up and put down in one sitting, without forgetting the plot by the time you check into it again. But if you’re looking for entertainment for your daily run, a drawn-out spring clean, or an hours-long journey, the b…

Solar storms that can cause an internet outage might be on the way. Is this the only way we’ll finally log off?

Sexlessness is trending on TikTok, pitting new masculinity against its traditional counterpart

Ahead of the new series of Black Mirror dropping later this week, we catch up with the man behind the most anticipated TV show of 2023

From Zadie Smith’s awaited next novel to Munroe Bergdorf’s debut – here’s some of the top reads of the year and those still to come

There are plenty of Peep Show Easter eggs and crossovers in Succession, which makes sense as both shows were written by Jesse Armstrong.