4 d. ago People who follow the Mediterranean diet have better sex lives, major review finds

Eating a Mediterranean-style diet could help slash the risk of urinary incontinence and improve sexual function, new research has suggested.

Events

2 w. ago Gilbert & George review – a pulsating panorama of sex, violence and glorious urban grime

Hayward Gallery, LondonFrom the calling cards of male sex workers to shocking headlines about murder, the octogenarian pair see and incorporate everything, resulting in a show that seethes with lifeThe first picture in Gilbert & George’s retrospective of their art of this century is a portrait of them sitting in a cemetery amid floating drug baggies, their suits bright purple (George) and green (Gilbert) against the grey gravestones. It sums up a stillness, a sadness and a romantic passion that breathes in this show – but you won’t notice it straight away. Instead you’ll be carried along in a rush of cheeky provocations and ludicrous juxtapositions of word and image: a joyous embrace of modern life or even, pardon my French, a jouissance.The pictures tower and expand in this perfect brutalist setting as if you’re walking through a city of art – a dirty, disreputable city. Ages (2001) is a yellow and red slab almost the scale of a cinema screen on which their blandly smiling face...

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3 w. ago Dudes review – do teenage girls really tell their dads to have prolific sex?

This dismal German comedy about middle-aged men features plots so utterly ridiculous you feel sorry for the actors. It’s crass, dull and utterly lacking in actual jokesA fortysomething alpha male, a sad sack, a playboy and an intellectual walk into a German sitcom. Eight episodes of Dudes ensues. I do not speak German and can only hope it plays better in the original. In fact, the original-original is a Spanish comedy called Machos Alfa. That is now into its third season, which suggests it at least had a charm that has become lost in translation.The alpha here is Ulf (Tom Beck). He is tall, dark, handsome, high-earning, married to an increasingly influential influencer, and he and his immaculate facial hair are on the verge of promotion to CEO of the magazine publishing company he has worked at for the last 20 years. But what’s this? He is denied his dues by the advent of Vanessa (Jaëla Probst), a hot-in-all-senses businesswoman brought in from outside by the boss to shake things up...

Politics

3 w. ago NHS Fife says staff should use toilets based on biological sex in new review

The health board said it was “committed to ensuring that all staff have access to facilities which are safe, lawful, and that respect the privacy and dignity of everyone”.

Politics

3 w. ago NHS Fife now says staff should use toilets based on biological sex

The health board has released an equality impact assessment after the equalities watchdog told it to take ‘corrective action’.

Politics

3 w. ago Scots schools must provide separate toilets for boys and girls after SNP Government forced to issue new guidance

SNP ministers previously told schools there was no law which meant pupils had to use toilets and changing rooms based on their biological sex.

Politics