So, how's your sex life these days?
If sex - or rather, the lack of sex - in long-term relationships isn't a hot topic, it's because no one dares talk about it. Or admit to it. Until now ... By Polly Vernon.
Why we stopped having sex
Mariella Frostrup on sex and marriage

You can never be too rich
She's sold 75 million blockbusters, and is worth more than £100 million. Now 67, she still works a 10-hour day. Immodestly wealthy Barbara Taylor Bradford tells Rachel Cooke how her Yorkshire work ethic paid off.
Who's who in bonks and romps

Would you wear the new kinky shoes?
This season's must-have footwear looks like it's tottered straight off a porn set. One thing's for sure, says Mimi Spencer, these shoes weren't made for walking.

Going it alone
Caroline Oulton tells how, abandoned by the father of her first two children, and desperate for a third baby, she ended up upside-down in a London restaurant.

How to seduce a fashionista ...
Highly strung, thin and insecure - it's not easy dating a style queen, says Dylan Jones.

Everything you always wanted to know about fashion this winter ... but were afraid to ask
Should you wear red? Experiment with tartan? Paint your fingernails black and mooch about in a cape? If you're getting dressed today, read this first

Don't look now: it's the fashion hoodies
Asbo-chic is about to hit the streets, so don't forget your parka, says Polly Vernon.

The jeans that changed everything
If Kate Moss is wearing them, they must be cool. So, goodbye builder's bum, farewell skinny jeans, says Eva Wiseman.

Catwalk politics: a man's view
We asked the Observer's political leader writer Rafael Behr to assess this season's clothes.

How I get dressed
Roland Mouret

We're on the phone ... again and again
Mobile phones are the glue holding the fashionable relationship together.

Upfront
Everybody's talking about ... ethical couture.

What I know about women ...
Terry de Havilland, shoe designer

What I know about men...
Amy Winehouse, singer/songwriter

The ex files
Su Burlison and Dave Hedley

Beauty queen
The low-down on laser and washing your hair in Evian.

Beauty test: new for autumn
Kathleen Baird-Murray on what's new this season for lips, nails and eyes.

The worried little mummy look
Gina Ford jokes may be fun at the time, says Josephine Wall. But they don't pay.