Why we can’t resist an aristocracy sex scandal
John Julius Norwich once said to me about his father Duff Cooper, who married Lady Diana Manners (and who was friends with the Duke and Duchess of…
Titane, review: girl meets car in the most shocking film of 2021
Dir: Julia Ducournau. 18 cert, 108 min One night in July, outside the Petit Majestic bar in Cannes, I confidently told a friend that Titane had no…
Titane, review: girl meets car in the most shocking film of 2021
Dir: Julia Ducournau. 18 cert, 108 min One night in July, outside the Petit Majestic bar in Cannes, I confidently told a friend that Titane had no…
Christmas Day is enough to make anyone want a divorce – but hold your horses
I’ll cut to the chase: Christmas is a time when couples fantasise about breaking up. Sorry to put a dampener on proceedings, but you have to admit,…
Billie Eilish is right – of course watching porn traumatises children
Indeed the key issue here, surely, is age. Unlike what her tiresome Twitter critics might think, Eilish is simply highlighting her exposure to content that was simply…
From niche to normal: the radical filthiness of Sex and the City
It doesn’t matter whether Sex and the City needed a sequel miniseries. The logic of streaming dictates that no intellectual property should go unsqueezed, so we’re getting…
How Sex and the City changed my view of love, motherhood and friendship forever
I can’t say it was Carrie and her squad who taught us everything we know about friendship, but they certainly solidified the idea that friends can feel…
I found myself wondering if my neighbour’s 60-year-old dad should be taking me out on a date?
The shock of separation and leaving the “family home” last September, a home we built together over a decade ago and were never meant to leave, has…
‘My girlfriend talks dirty to me in German and I hate it’
Dear A&E, My girlfriend talks dirty to me in bed, which I’m not used to, and I don’t know how to respond. We’ve been together for six…
Lady Gaga and the lost art of the ludicrous movie sex scene
The House of Gucci press tour has been frolicsome all round, but the commentary around one scene in particular has been especially frisky. The first chunk of…
Maggie Gyllenhaal interview: ‘Sex scenes? I’m kind of an expert’
Ferrante did read over the script, but gave only limited feedback. She gave her blessing for Gyllenhaal to change the story’s ending, though – albeit in ways…