GrindrThe dating app’s new category offers visibility to those who have long felt isolated when it comes to sex
Every month, nearly 11 million gay men around the world go on the Grindr app to look for sex with other men. Once there, they can scroll through an endless stream of guys, from handsome to homely, bear to twink. Yet when it comes to choosing positions for sex – a crucial criterion for most gay men – the possibilities have long been simply top and bottom. Read More...
Simona Halep This article is more than 1 year old‘Simona’s integrity is faultless’: former coach throws support behind Halep This article is more than 1 year oldTennis star has vowed to clear her name in doping caseAustralian Darren Cahill says he stands with his former chargeDarren Cahill, the Australian coach who steered Simona Halep to grand slam glory, says there is no way his former charge knowingly took banned drugs. Read More...
50 greatest symphoniesClassical musicSymphony guide: Bruckner's 6thBruckner's "saucy" sixth is the symphony that disproves those lazy received opinions about his music
“He wrote the same symphony nine times.” "His one-dimensional orchestration is all thanks to his training as an organist.” They're "cathedrals of sound.” "They sound like Schenkerian middlegrounds” … and other such clichés. (Full marks if you got the last one, by the way, but I promise that’s what some musical analysts, especially those disciples of Heinrich Schenker, think of the symphonies. Read More...