56 h. ago Art Basel Miami 2025: Latin American artists take center stage

The Florida-based art gathering is spearheaded this year by artists from Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and PanamaWhether it’s literally bringing Panamanian soil to Miami, or subverting the messages of Mexican religious cults by appropriating their iconography into tile murals dripping with sexual innuendo, Latin American artists at Art Basel Miami Beach this year are finding ways to reinvent their cultural heritage as surprising and fantastic pieces of art.The Mexican artist Renata Petersen, originally from Guadalajara, has outfitted her Art Basel booth with three collections that may at first appear disconnected – intricate murals made from tiles and covered slogans and iconography, 80 chrome-blown glass works that look slightly like chess pieces but are actually derived from sex toys, and ceramic vases sporting carefully arranged motifs. For Petersen, these works spring from a childhood lived with her anthropologist mother, where she learned to look at cults and other religious moveme...

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5 d. ago Period pants, sex toys and medieval cats: Advent calendars are out of control and it needs to stop

How did we move from simple cardboard nativity scenes behind numbered windows to collections of high-end luxury goods costing hundreds – or quirky crocheted emotional support vegetables, asks Helen Coffey

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6 d. ago Female teacher, 37, had sex with pupil, 15, multiple times as 'toy' text emerges

Karly Rae admitted to having sex with an underage student, grooming him via messaging apps and perverting the course of justice having previously denied the allegations

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1 week ago Women over 60 can boost their health by using sex toys, study says

New study suggests that many older women use sex toys to promote orgasm, which may promote positive health outcomes

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2 w. ago Sex toy 'shame' yet again for one of Wales' national heroes as prankster will hope ghost story isn't true

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: The statue of Llywelyn the Great, the legendary prince regarded as one of Wales' greatest rulers, has been defaced with a sex toy for the second time this year

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2 w. ago Football club's new stadium slammed as fans compare it to 'Willy Wonka' sex toy

Birmingham City unveiled plans for a new stadium on Thursday and some fans thought the blueprints were a bit too blue as they compared chimney structures to sex toys

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3 w. ago Best alternative advent calendars of 2025: Stationery, sex toys, coffee and caviar

The countdown to the most wonderful time of year starts here

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3 w. ago Mum left mortified as firefighters think son's handcuffs are kinky sex toy

A woman was left mortified when her son’s friend got police-style handcuffs stuck on his ankle, sparking a full-blown emergency rescue, complete with sirens

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4 w. ago Pervert burglar 'stroked woman's foot as she slept with baby' after stealing adult toys for 'sex room'

Ference Bogdan was caught after one victim used an app to track her stolen phone to his address

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4 w. ago UK creep broke in, stole sex toys and stroked sleeping victim's foot as she slept

Twisted Huddersfield sex predator Ference Bogdan, 33, terrorised two women by breaking into their homes to steal sex toys, rifling through underwear, and chillingly watching one victim sleep

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