It is hard for me to think of an author who has had a greater influence on me throughout my life than George Orwell. When I was a kid I read Animal Farm and then all of the essays very early on. I remember wanting to read 1984 for ages, and my dad telling me that …
Readers who follow me on Twitter will doubtless be aware that I often retweet the mischievous, erotic, literary and sometimes cryptic utterances of a shadowy internet figure who calls himself Dr Ernst Gräfenberg (the pseudonym is taken from the man who first discovered the G Spot). While Dr Gräfenberg is not a pickup artist …
She said I looked like Daniel Craig. I said she looked like she needed a good spanking. She said I had a lot of imagination. I said these days it was important to be creative. She said she had many hidden talents—particularly in the bedroom. I said I bet she did. She said she was …
(Warning: this review contains spoilers of the book Anna Karenina) In an age of Tinder, Snapchat, fast hook-ups and even faster divorces, it is tempting for many to wistfully imagine a past in which the excesses of female behaviour were tightly controlled by a strong patriarchal system, freeing men (and women) of the many difficulties …
