Sex

Russell Brand struggles not to crave womanising days

Celebrity Gossip

7 Jan 2012

Russell Brand admits he finds it hard not to "cherish and crave" his time as a womaniser. The ex-sex and drug addict comedian filed for divorce from singer Katy Perry after 14 months of marriage on December 30, and in an interview recorded shortly…

Frankie Cocozza 'in love' with playboy twins

TV Gossip

7 Jan 2012

'Celebrity Big Brother's Frankie Cocozza claims he is "in love" with Playboy twins Karissa and Kristina Shannon. The former 'The X Factor' contestant – who claims to have slept with over 100 women – said he's had his eye on the 22-year-old glamour…

Debbie and Andy affair 'not about sex'

TV Gossip

6 Jan 2012

Emmerdale's Kelvin Fletcher insists his alter-ego's affair with Debbie Dingle is "not about sex". The 27-year-old actor - who plays Andy Sugden in the ITV1 soap - explained the former lovers first bed each other in the hope of conceiving another…

Kirk Norcross: I would have sex in CBB house

TV Gossip

3 Jan 2012

Kirk Norcross would have sex in the 'Celebrity Big Brother' house. The reality TV star - who previously dated Lauren Pope - has quit 'The Only Way Is Essex' amid rumours he is set to take part in the Channel 5 show and Kirk revealed he would jump at…

Moby wants to make porn movie

Music Gossip

11 Sep 2011

Moby wants to make a porn movie starring men with small penises. The 'Porcelain' singer can't understand why X-rated films feature men with larger-than-average manhoods and wants to create a flick which won't make viewers feel inadequate. Moby…

Sally Lindsay vows no sexy talk on Loose Women

TV Gossip

24 Aug 2011

Sally Lindsay is refusing to talk about sex on 'Loose Women'. The former 'Coronation Street' actress - who, alongside Carol Vorderman, is replacing Kate Thornton and Zoe Tyler on the panel of the ITV1 daytime show next month - has ruled out exposing…

Brian Dowling's naked BB predictions

TV Gossip

13 Aug 2011

Brian Dowling thinks there will be "breasts flying about" everywhere in the 'Big Brother' house. The presenter of the Channel 5 reality show - who won the series in 2001, as well as 'Ultimate Big Brother' in 2010 - thinks he would be "annoyed" if two…

Louis Walsh returning to work

TV Gossip

25 Jun 2011

Louis Walsh "can't wait" to return to work. The Irish music mogul has been accused of groping a 24-year-old man he met in a Dublin nightclub, but insists he won't let the claims put him off taking his place at the next set of 'X Factor' auditions in…

Heidi Costello has hotel romp with Gaz

TV Gossip

8 Apr 2011

'Hollyoaks' Gaz Bennett sneaks off to the hotel where his lover Heidi Costello is staying with her husband for a secret tryst. The wayward teenager - played by Joel Goonan - learns Carl Costello (Paul Opacic) has been delayed in meeting his wife, so…

Chloe Madeley thinks about sex On Ice

TV Gossip

19 Feb 2011

Chloe Madeley wants to ask her 'Dancing On Ice' mentors Jayne Torville and Christopher Dean if they've ever had sex. The 23-year-old contestant finds it difficult to believe the Olympic champion ice skating partners have never been romantically…

People of Glasgow and Edinburgh talk frankly about their sex lives

The List's 2011 survey documents attitudes to sex in Scotland

1 Feb 2011

We asked 200 people – 100 in Glasgow and 100 in Edinburgh – to reveal all about their sex lives.

The people for whom sex is part of their job

The advisor, the sex toy manufacturer, the sex worker and the burlesque dancer

1 Feb 2011

We speak to four people for whom sex, and sexuality, play major roles in their daily lives

Scottish sex scandals throughout history

Scotland has had its fair share of cases involving illegal carnal pleasures

1 Feb 2011

History may be written by the victors but we all know the interesting stuff, the sex scandals, are chronicled by salacious gossips and gifted storytellers. From the blood red sauce of the Jacobean tragedies to the tabloid game, set and match of the…

Sex in art: Four examples of Scottish eroticism

The Wicker Man, Young Adam, Love Made Easy and The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania

1 Feb 2011

You can find good examples of Scottish eroticism without having to wallow through smut. The List picks four artworks that are worth seeking out for some homegrown, highbrow kicks

How to avoid writing bad sex scenes in fiction, by Ewan Morrison

'Avoid using medical words to describe genitalia'

1 Feb 2011

We’re talking literary sex, of course. Author Ewan Morrison explains how to avoid bad sex scenes in fiction

The List Sex Survey 2011

Good people of Glasgow and Edinburgh – let us into your bedrooms!

21 Jan 2011

On 2 Feb 2011 The List is printing a special Sex Issue to coincide with Valentine's Day. As part of this we've commissioned a survey into the sex lives of folks in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Want to represent your city? To build up a good impression of…

Glasgow wedding boutique Melle Cloche aims for tasteful end of the market

Some sweet alternatives to the big knitted toilet-roll holder look

1 Feb 2010

Once the big question has been popped, a wedding outfit needs thought out. Anna Burnside discovers some sweet alternatives to the big knitted toilet-roll holder look

Adam Thirlwell's latest novel - The Escape

23 Jul 2009

There’s a scene at the end of Adam Thirlwell’s The Escape in which its British Jewish protagonist Raphael Haffner attempts to explain the concept of a draw in cricket to an American friend. This idea acts as a neat allegory of the book’s plot, in which…

Sex in the 21st century

5 Feb 2009

By now, you must have heard of Feuchtgebiete, the debut novel by 30 year old television presenter Charlotte Roche, routinely described in interviews as ‘Germany’s Davina McCall’. You know, the one that the press are up in arms about. The one with the 18…

Sex in the 21st century - Alternative Valentine’s

5 Feb 2009

‘Hello, is it me you’re looking for …?’ Some of the most romantic words ever written have come via the medium of song, so why not throw caution to the wind, and go all Sonny and Cher this February. Book you and yours into a recording studio for an hour…

Barbican to show 2,000 years of erotic art

11 Oct 2007

The largest exhibition of erotic art is to open in London’s Barbican Centre. More than 300 works will be on display – including the oversized fig leaf positioned over the private parts of a copied Michelangelo’s David, presented to Queen Victoria in…

Female focused sex shops

4 Oct 2007

This week I’ve been spending time in sex shops. Oh, stop sniggering at the back there. I bet you’re thinking of sticky floors and flickering neon, now, aren’t you? Grubby windows and lone, sweaty-palmed gentlemen who can’t quite meet the cashier’s eye.

Christina Davis

23 Aug 2007

It would be unforgivable if a show called Sex failed to be funny, given the range of available material. Davis’ set avoids well-worn jokes, managing to be both surprising and intelligent. But Sex ultimately suffers from a somewhat disjointed delivery…

Occult Week TV

OCCULT WEEK

27 Feb 2007

SPOOKY DOCUMENTARIES It’s long been believed that with the death of mass popular religion in Britain the paranormal plays a much larger part in people’s belief systems. But if the double-bill opener to this short season is anything to go by…

Gay movie round-up

Gay screen

12 Feb 2007

The Glasgow Film Festival programmes five films with a queer bent this year. It’s unbearably hot in The Wayward Cloud, where Taiwan’s heatwave causes the sales of watermelons to shoot up. Hsiao-Kang tries to hide the fact that he’s a porn actor from…