Romance & Passion

Barack and  Michelle Obama

Great lovers: Heights of passion - Part two, N-Z

Our celebration of romance concludes with 25 couples who, in different ways, embody the power of love.

Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love

Great lovers: A celebration of true romance

John Walsh pays tribute to 25 relationships of all-consuming passion.

Inside Romance & Passion

Women 'need chlamydia test for every partner'

Friday, 9 April 2010

Women should be tested for chlamydia every time they have a new sexual partner because screening alone is unlikely to cut their chances of pelvic disease, researchers said today.

Virtual lies and real insights into (online) dating

Wednesday, 10 March 2010

In a new study published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal, researchers uncover the truth behind the white lies that permeate online dating profiles.

When true love goes wrong

Sunday, 14 February 2010

There are all kinds of lovers: star-struck, ill-fated, unrequited and just plain daft. On this St Valentine's Day David Randall honours them all

Stephen Fry : Can anything compare to the 'fine careless rapture' of first love?

Friday, 12 February 2010

Stephen Fry explains how the moment of first love is so intense that it can never be matched or recaptured, but will linger for a lifetime "like a good acid trip," with "little flashbacks every now and again."

Modern men 'struggling with chivalry'

Monday, 8 February 2010

Men are struggling when it comes to modern chivalry, according to a report published today.

The yes-no G-spot debate might lose British males... but the French know where they're going

Yes, Yes, Yes, No, Yes! In search of the G-spot

Sunday, 31 January 2010

The Germans first stumbled on it; the Italians fervently tried to explain it; this month, the Brits poured cold water on it... now, the hot-blooded French have revived it, as only they can. Katy Guest examines the quest for the ultimate erogenous zone.

Catherine Townsend: Why some men's 'hot' sex scenes leave me cold

Friday, 8 January 2010

I wasn't surprised when Katie Roiphe wrote in the New York Times book review that these days, male writers tend to craft sex scenes that are a bit, well, flaccid.

Scientists cast doubt on whether G-spot exists

Monday, 4 January 2010

A new scientific study has cast doubt on whether the erogenous G-spot zone in women actually exists.

Catherine Townsend: Do you believe in the G-spot?

Monday, 4 January 2010

First Italian scientists claimed that they could find the G-spot through ultrasound, and now researchers at King's College London say that the ever-elusive pleasure zone doesn't exist.

According to author Isabel Wolff, 'the pendulum has swung away from the Bridget Jones scenario that has dominated women's commercial fiction for so long'

Return of the bonkbusters

Thursday, 17 December 2009

Laura Marcus: Are readers tired of women eating the entire contents of their fridge while waiting for Mr Right?

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