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Alice, 46 I just want to get to the end goal, which is to have my orgasm and go to sleep Before I met Elliot, I was in a 20-year relationship, but I’d always struggled to have sex with my husband. We got on really well but there was absolutely no sexual chemistry. So when I met Elliot on a dating app after my divorce, he was the first person who made me feel butterflies and excitement. I’d never had sex with anyone I’d actually fancied before.It was such a new experience to be with someone I felt so connected…

Big tech has succeeded in distracting the world from the existential risks artificial intelligence still poses to humanity, a leading scientist and artificial intelligence campaigner has warned.Max Tegmark told The Guardian in an interview at the Artificial Intelligence Summit in Seoul, South Korea, that the shift in focus from the extinction of life to the broader concept of artificial intelligence safety may lead to a lack of confidence in the most powerful The delay in implementing strict regulation by the creators of artificial intelligence is unacceptable.“In 1942, Enrico Fermi built the first reactor with a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction under…

I am the last boy to have been beaten at Eton. I confirmed this in a conversation with Tony Little, the then headmaster of that venerable school, during his 2002-15 tenure. “Our archivist has checked the files,” he said, “and can find no record of any beating since summer 1980.”“So if I were to say I am the Ruth Ellis of corporal punishment at Eton,” I asked hopefully, referring to the last woman to be hanged in Britain, “would I be correct?”“If you wish to make such a claim,” Little replied, “that is certainly within your grasp.”From Lord of the…

I’m driving along a narrow lane in rural Devon, looking for a recording studio. According to the satnav I still have a mile to go, and I am very much hoping I won’t meet a car coming the other way before I get there.A bit further on the satnav tells me to make a left turn, which proves to be unexecutable: the angle is too sharp, the incline too great. I drive for another two miles before the road widens enough for me to pull over to read the directions I was emailed.I haven’t looked at the directions before now,…

Billionaire British property developer Nick Candy says he only spends about 20 days a year in his £175m penthouse at One Hyde Park in London.Candy, 51, has developed an “ultra-luxury” Knightsbridge apartment complex overlooking the Royal Park and bought himself an apartment in one. This annoyed him. The development features a private cinema, 21-metre swimming pool, as well as a sauna, gym, golf simulator, wine cellar, valet parking and room service from the five-star Mandarin Oriental hotel next door.”I have a penthouse… I stay there 20 days a year and I pay a service fee [like] People who use the…

The Collinses didn’t tell me Simone was eight months pregnant when we were making plans for me to spend a Saturday with them at home in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, but I guess it shouldn’t have come as a surprise. They are the poster children of the pronatalist movement, on a mission to save humanity by having as many babies as possible.Malcolm, 37, answers the door of their 18th-century farmhouse with four-year-old Octavian George, who is thrilled to have a visitor, bringing toy after toy to show me like an overexcited golden retriever. His little brother, two-year-old Torsten Savage, is on…

Laura on PaddyWhat were you hoping for?No expectations, I just thought it would be a fun thing to do. Anything for a good story!First impressions?Things got off to a rocky start. Our date was at 6.30pm, but Paddy didn’t show up until 7pm, so I thought I was being stood up. Turns out we were given different times (sabotage from the Guardian!) (He had the email evidence), but he was super apologetic. Plus he’s tall.What did you talk about?Our parents’ relationships. Television and film. The TV show on the creative industry he wants to write. How we both hate dinner…

A video posted on social media by Donald Trump referencing a “unified reich” has been traced to a template made by a Turkish designer more than a year ago, according to a report from CNN.Critics, including Joe Biden, condemned Trump over a video posted to his Truth Social account on Monday featuring a hypothetical headline from his second presidential term reading “industrial strength significantly increased … driven by the creation of a unified reich”.The German word “reich” is heavily associated with Nazism, as Adolf Hitler referred to his regime as the “Third Reich”. The video raised alarm for Trump critics,…

The Midas touch that Pat Cummins enjoyed during his captaincy career helped him reach another major international final, this time with his Indian Premier League team Sunrisers Hyderabad.Cummins, who guided Australia to 50-over wins at the World Test Championship and World Cup last year, was delighted to lead his success-hungry side to victory in Friday’s T20 mega-event final, guiding them to a comfortable 36-and-a-half. The final was won against Rajasthan Royals in Chennai.It’s another feather in the cap of a 31-year-old pitcher whose extraordinary success has silenced critics who doubted his tactical acumen.Cummins once again led the way from the…

The billionaire private equity tycoon Stephen Schwarzman, a former ally of Donald Trump who turned his back on the ex-president, has decided to support him in the 2024 race for the White House.Schwarzman, widely seen as one of the most powerful men on Wall Street, defected from Trump less than two years ago, when he declared that the time had come for a new generation of leaders to take over the Republican party.On Friday, he changed course and announced he would donate to the former US president’s campaign to regain the White House.“I share the concern of most Americans that…