Rowan Pelling

The mystery of female desire deepens

28 September 2024 9:00 am

When Gillian Anderson appealed to women to send her their sexual fantasies, she guaranteed strict anonymity – prompting a ‘torrent of unbridled passion from across the world’

An education in love: City of Girls, by Elizabeth Gilbert, reviewed

22 June 2019 9:00 am

One of the chief regrets of book-loving women of my age — and a surprising number of men — is…

Why is America so inhibited about sex toys?

16 December 2017 9:00 am

It’s hard not to love a book that starts with its author fearing a police sting while flogging sex toys…