Enforced Celibacy

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Man at the beach
Tragic, but it happens. Sometimes we go without. For a few months in my case. I suppose there are various reasons why this awful state of being can come to pass – being a lighthouse keeper, being forced into a convent (although I’m sure those nuns sometimes… sorry, I mustn’t lose my train of thought…), […]
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martini in a glass
It was a night like any other. But this simple mid-week drink would annihilate a long-standing relationship with my second favourite thing in the whole world: the dirty martini. It started on a cushy sofa, in a dimly lit corner somewhere in Shoreditch. He and I had sunk into its folds to wash away the […]
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Men and women they’re pretty different aren’t they? Anatomically ladies have inny bits fortunately placed where men have outy bits. At certain points in their lives these opposing organs come together and complete the anthropomorphic jigsaw puzzle: and the participants either make affirmative celebratory noises at the puzzles completion or even more little people with […]
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Well it’s not everyone who gets invited to watch the finals at Wimbledon but yesterday I got lucky!  A dear friend from TBW had 2 tickets and invited me to go with her to watch Nadal v Berdych in the finals. It was a beautiful sunny day with blue skies and the occasional cotton-wool cloud […]
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I’m unable to understand why they – whoever ‘they’ are – say that women can’t have unemotional sex. Translation: A woman has to really like a guy to sleep with him, or if it’s a drunken accident, then the woman really wants it to develop into something more. It’s rubbish if you ask me. I […]
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I have a confession to make. Actually I have a few confessions to make. But I’m not going to make them here. Sorry. Still, I don’t really owe you any do I – I mean you already know most of what I want to confess anyway… The Miranda incident up at Oxford has really been […]
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In his theory of evolution Darwin suggests that female birds choose the most striking males to mate with and that the, ahem, ‘male ornaments’ are thought to be a genuine indication of a male’s vitality. Far and wide in the animal kingdom from parrots to fish everyone’s flashing their colour credentials. Even the humble female […]
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With the UK release of Sex and the City 2 next week we thought we’d give you a sneak preview of Samantha’s new love interest, Noah Mills. Here’s some of his personal details: He’s … 26? 28? Reports vary. Either way, he’s legal. His on-screen sex with Kim Cattrall was “very professional.” He’s from Baltimore, […]
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Living, as I do, by the ‘No Expectations, No Disappointments’ edict, I always expect the next date, or even the next text, to be the last. But my…er…my current…relation… – no, let’s call it ‘friendship – seems to be going on and on!

You see, we manage to connect on a variety of different levels: intellectually, […]
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I can’t quite believe the furore that’s arisen over Sam Taylor Wood’s recent announcement of her pregnancy with 19 year old Aaron Johnson. There’s been an awful lot of outrage, disgust, and sour grapes spewed all over the internet. Seriously though, what’s the problem? They are in a long-term relationship and are engaged, just like many […]
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