Sextras discovers there is far more beneath the surface when it comes to journalling about your sex life, including the mental-health and libido-boosting benefits of the practice. This is not, friends, the Notes app list you kept as a teenager to remember the names of the people you’d hooked up with. Daniella Parete Clarke consults sexologist and relationships expert Sofie Roos to find out more

I’m not one for loud music, sticky floors, the smell of vodka, or anything that feels performative. When I first started exploring sex parties, it took a lot of trial and error to find spaces that weren’t overcrowded, high-energy, or run by organisers who seemed more interested in profit than creating a meaningful experience.

What I really wanted was a space where I could connect with people who, like me, valued sensual touch and massage as a form of intimacy and pleasure. That’s how I ended up at a Pleasure Island Party, and let me tell you – it was unlike any other sex party I’d been to.

Honey Wyatt asks the experts what to expect in our sex lives for 2025.

A push and pull emerged in the cultural zeitgeist in 2024. On one side of the internet (no prizes for guessing which the Sextras team is on…), brat summer dominated, with younger generations embracing the feral, party girl persona. Nipples, or at least their outline, were on full display; there was no shortage of drugs or alcohol; and the warmer weekends became the perfect playground for unleashed debauchery and messiness.

Whether you’re a beginner at anal sex or a seasoned bottom, Honey Wyatt speaks to anal sex doctor Evan Goldstein about how to prepare for safe and hygienic anal sex