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Some of Helen’s Favourites

Some of Helen’s Erotic Review columns

Comment & Opinion pieces

 

IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

THE METRO

16th January

Love Eventually – No time to browse internet dating site – I find a company who promises to manage my dates (PDF or link to article)

THE EROTIC REVIEW

Thursday 29th September

Sweet Success: Why did Catherine Hakim’s Honey Money upset women so much? (link to article)

THE METRO

Monday 26th Sept

Are they pulling my leg? (PDF)

I am ‘divinely straightened’ by therapists of the latest craze.

THE TIMES (Times2)

5th September

The Family: But not as we know it. (Link to article – Times subscribers only) or (PDF – online version) (PDF – print version)

I speak to three women at the forefront of the ‘Alternative Family’

 

THE SUN

25th August

My One Day Diaries (link to article) or (PDF)

As One Day hits screens, I too share twenty years of diary extracts, charting all my 15th July’s from teen to adulthood.

 

PRESS GAZETTE

August issue

Freelancer of the month – interview (pdf)

 

THE METRO

Monday 22nd August

Sharing the love – yes we’ll take that (link to article) or (PDF)

 

PRESS GAZETTE

August issue

Freelancer of the month – interview (pdf)

COSMO

September Issue

Best Sex Ever – Five writers share their most memorable er…event (PDF)

 

THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Stella Magazine

31st July

Meet the co-parents: Why broody, straight women are ditching romance in favour of reproduction (PDF) or (link to article)

SHE MAGAZINE

July 2011

What’s love got to do with it – The real reasons why women settle down (PDF)

 

THE EROTIC REVIEW

June 2011

The relationship contract – Relationships are based on the same economic model as prostitution (link to article)

 

MADISON MAGAZINE

May 2011

The dating diaries – Four writers share their wildly different approaches to dating. (PDF)

 

THE EROTIC REVIEW

March 2011

The merits of older men (link to article) or (PDF)

 

THE METRO

28th March 2011

Fannying Around: A place to get personal (PDF) or (link to article)

I report on a new even for women to share about their ‘secret place’

 

REVEAL MAGAZINE

1st March

Confessions of a sugar daddy addict (PDF)

 

BEST MAGAZINE

8th March

How a Sugar Daddy Dream turned sour (PDF)

 

THE TIMES (Life Supplement)

Monday 21st Feb

Your Hot Tub or Mine: I look at the secret debauched world of the Chalet Girl (link to article – Times Subscribers only) or (PDF – Online version) or (PDF – Print version)

THE SUNDAY TIMES (STYLE MAGAZINE)

Sunday 20th February

My life with the Sugar Daddies (Serialisation extract of Helen’s book) (PDF) or (Link to article – Times subscribers only)

 

FORUM MAGAZINE

February 2011

The Intimate Adventures of a Call Girl’s Cabbie (link – subscribers only) (PDF)

I interview an ex driver to a particulalry low-brow escort agency working out of an industrial estate near Heathrow as he prepares to put his experiences into a book.

 

EASY LIVING

February 2011

My search for a sugar daddy (PDF)

 

THE TIMES (Life Supplement)

7th February

Kiss and break-up: Can you really have a happy divorce? (link to article - Times subscribers only) or (PDF – online version) or (PDF – print version)

 

THE EROTIC REVIEW

4th February

Comment: A body-hair raising experience in Thailand (link to article)

Getting a wax shouldn’t be this difficult

 

FORUM MAGAZINE

January 2011

The death of Soho Sleaze (PDF)

Sexy, raucous, bustling, gay, grinding, forever entertaining. Soho has been the homeland of artists, writers, lovers and the badly behaved for half a century. But is this the end?

 

THE EROTIC REVIEW

January 2011: The Free love issue

Monthly column: Love Costs (link to article – ER subscribers only) or (PDF)

 

THE EROTIC REVIEW

15th November

PwC and the sexless office (link to article)

Comment piece for non-subscription online edition: Why was there such a fuss about PwC staff ‘rating’ their female colleagues?

 

FORUM MAGAZINE

October issue

Sexless and happy (pdf) or (link to article – subscribers only)

How would we be different without sexual attraction? I look at the world of an asexual

 

 

THE TIMES: Body & Soul

Tuesday 12th October

Truly, Deeply, Loving – Just not madly sexual (pdf – print issue) (pdf – online issue) (link to article – Times subscibers only)

When is a lack of a sex drive a mental health disorder? I meet the asexuals determined to shed their label.

 

THE HOSPITAL CLUB: MEMBER’S MAGAZINE

Autumn issue 2010

The Pedigree of the self-employed (pdf) or (link to article – not available yet)

What makes some employees thrive in the security of a job, and others – such as the entrepreneur – wilt under the authority of an institution?

 

THE TIMES: Body & Soul

21st September 2010

Extreme Break-up therapy (PDF – print issue ) (PDF – online issue) or (link to article – Times subscribers only)

As the film Eat, Pray, Love is released I speak to three other women who embarked on amazing journeys of discovery following a break-up.

 

THE EROTIC REVIEW

August issue

Monthly Column – in which I learn that holidays do not mix with part-time lovers (pdf) or (link to article – ER subscribers only)

THE INDEPENDENT

Monday 9th August

Monogamy is not our natural state (pdf) or (link to article)

Comment piece on why monogamy is an out-dated and delusional ideal

 

THE MAIL ON SUNDAY

4th July

Why a pink pill won’t solve you marriage crisis (pdf) or (link to article)

Ghost-written comment based on interview with Psychologist Dr Petra Boynton

 

THE EROTIC REVIEW

June issue

Monthly column – in which I discover the joys of sommeliers (pdf only)

THE TIMES

15 June 

Daddy’s Girls

(pdf) or (link to article – Times-subscribers) or (link to archve article- non-Times-subscribers)

I look at the role of a father in a grown woman’s world and the special relationship between dads and daughters

 

JOURNALISM.CO.UK

14 June 

Cerebral sex goes online (link to article)

I ask if online is the only future for the thinking-sex reader?

 

FORUM MAGAZINE

June Issue

Japan’s Dirty Secrets (pdf)

Why Japan’s sex industry has given a platform to a genre of artists that couldn’t survive anywhere else

 

THE EROTIC REVIEW

May Issue

Monthly column – In which I find myself inappropriately dressed for Fleeceland (pdf) or (link to article)

THE INDEPENDENT

3rd May 2010

A place where sex is never a dirty word: Behind the scenes at The Erotic Awards (pdf) or (link to article)

I take a look at the art contenders in the Erotic Awards 2010 giving my opinion, both as judge and journalist.

 

THE EROTIC REVIEW

April Issue

Monthly column – In which two missed flights lead to a model encounter (pdf) or (link to article)

As a long-term proponent of singlehood and ‘low-maintenance’ relationships – each month I share my exploits.

 

THE METRO

26th April 2010

The Erotic Awards: Whatever turns you on (PDF) or link to article

I write about my experience as a judge for The Erotic Awards 2010.

 

THE TIMES: Body & Soul

6th April 2010

Do you have Adult ADHD? (PDF) or (link to article)

How missing two flights gave me a more startling revelation than I’d ever imagined

 

THE TELEGRAPH

28th March 2010

Is British Summer Time bad for our health? (PDF) or (link to article)

I look if light nights means we trick our bodies into sleeping less than we need.

 

THE EROTIC REVIEW

February issue

The painted lady: (pdf) or (link to article)

I try permanent underwear to see if it’s any less hassle, or any more erotic, than the shedable kind.

 

THE GUARDAIN

Monday 8th February

How to Flirt: Lessons for women: (pdf) or (link to article) and listen to Helen’s radio interview about the article

I try out a learn-on-location flirting crash course around the bars of London, only to find male rivals are also out in force.

 

THE INDEPENDENT

Thursday 21 January 2010

Will the real road signs please stand out: (pdf) or (link to article)

Comment piece on Downing St road sign auction.

 

THE INDEPENDENT

Tuesday 24 November 2009

Reading between the sheets:  (pdf) or (link to article)

Comment piece on the Erotica ’09 exhibition.

 

SUNDAY TIMES

Sunday 22nd November 2009

The other Belle de nos Jours: (pdf) or (link to article)

High class call girls like Belle de Jour are not uncommon.

 

THE TIMES

Thurs 19th November 2009

Happy Hookers: (pdf) or (link to article)

After Belle de Jour exposed herself as a scientist with a PhD, why are we so shocked?

 

THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: STELLA MAGAZINE

Sunday 15th November 2009

The way we woo: (pdf)

I join four other writers to give my views and experiences of dating.

 

THE TIMES

12th November 2009

Is sex for the disabled the last taboo? (pdf – printed version) (pdf – online version) or (link to article)

I report on a sex and disabilities conference aimed at raising awareness of the sexual needs and of disabled people and whether carers should be allowed to help them access sex workers.

 

THE INDEPENDENT

9th November 2009

You won’t get me back into flatties: (pdf) or (link to article)

Comment piece on the great conspiracy to topple the high heel

 

THE INDEPENDENT

19th October 2009

Younger men aren’t worth it: (pdf) or (link to article)

Comment piece on the growing trend of women ‘cougars’.

 

THE TIMES

26 Sept 2009

Two weeks of Steroid hell: (pdf) or (link to article)

As gyms record an increase in members using anabolic steroids, I try an experimental course.

 

THE EROTIC REVIEW

September 2009 issue

Little Sins’ grand ambition: (pdf) or (link to article)

I go to a high brow swingers party to investigate the concept of voyeurism

 

MEDIA GUARDIAN

10th August 2009

Reporters matter – if they’e western: (pdf) or (link to article)

Comment piece on the release of US journalists from North Korea.

 

VENUE MAGAZINE

20th July 2009

Ball games: (pdf only)

I go to a highbrow erotic cape and mask party and ask if sophistication makes swinging acceptable

 

THE INDEPENDENT

16th July 2009

There’s nothing wrong with a polite orgy! (PDF) or (link to article)

What the press didn’t know about the Bristol manor house sex party

 

THE TIMES (TIMES 2)

2nd July 2009

The pay-as-you-go girlfriends (pdf) or (link to the article)

I investigate the time-hungry but cash-rich gentlemen who are prepared to pay for relationships.

 

THE DAILY MAIL

11th June 2009

From Russia without love (pdf) or (link to article)

I go to The Ukraine to investigate the thriving ‘bride agencies’ and reveal most of the women are just after the money of desperate and gullible men.

 

THE GUARDIAN

11th June 2009

Will we be loving when we’re 64? (pdf) or (link to article)

A look at how the booming world of dating for over-60s, as part of The Guardian’s online ‘Aging Britain’ project.

 

TELEGRAPH

6th June 2009

First out of the plane on D-Day (pdf) or link to article

Hollywood heart throb and war veteran Richard Todd takes me back to his stroke of luck on D-Day

 

SUNDAY TIMES

24th May 2009

Sellers’ guide to sex online (pdf) or (link to article)

America banned Craigslist erotic services ads amid a storm of protests. Yet the similar ads in Britain haven’t raised a single eyebrow. I set up a fake ad advert on the UK version of the site to test demand.

 

COMPANY MAGAZINE

June 2009

Escort Agencies turn to Myspace to recruit young girls, (pdf)

Traditionally girls who chose to work as escorts go seeking the work. In a worrying new trend some agencies are turning to the web to spy on potential new recruits to lure in.

 

JOURNALISM.CO.UK: PROFILE PIECE

12th May 2009

I give a Q&A session on journalism and freelancing (pdf) or (link to article)

 

GUARDIAN

1st May 2009

Burlesque: Art of stripping? (pdf) or (link to article)

After Camden council ruled a popular burlesque night requires an adult entertainment license, I look at whether anything slightly risqué can remain highbrow for long.

 

JOURNALISM.CO.UK: COMMENT

17th April 2009

The high cost and limited rewards of investigative journalism (pdf) or (link to article)

Why saving journalism is like saving the environment

 

THE MIRROR

25th March 2009

Undercover with the escorts who want to recruit YOU online (pdf) or (link to article)

I go undercover to reveal the real truth behind the glamorous promises of sex industry scouts

 

THE GUARDIAN

13^th March 2009

The Cost of Love (pdf) or (link to article)

A look at why men are forever doomed to be the providers.

 

THE GUARDIAN

17^th March 2009

The Night Worker’s Tale (pdf) or (link to article)

Comment to accompany news story on UN health report into night shifts.

 

THE LONDON PAPER

12^th Feb 2009

A day to single out (pdf) or (link to article)

Why it’s good to be single on Valentine’s Day

 

THE GUARDIAN

24th January 2009

A pinch of spice (pdf) or (link to article)

A review of a class for singletons on how to entertain your date

 

THE LONDON PAPER

January 13^th 2009

Combining romance and resolutions (pdf) or (link to article)

How to keep up your love life if you’re following strict New Year’s resolutions

 

THE LONDON PAPER

December 2^nd 2008

Coffee, toast and a big bowl of romance (pdf) or (link to article)

 

Breakfast dating is the new dinner dating

 

NW MAGAZINE

2005

The Marathon Rocker (pdf)

An interview with a legendary Elvis impersonator with a huge kebab shop following.

 

NW MAGAZINE

2005

The mysterious bunker (no clipping available)

 

STEELE PRESS (University of Sheffield paper)

1998 – Helen’s first ever article

Bosnia and the shadow of war (pdf)

Helen’s first ever printed piece of work! An account of a visit to Bosnia as a student on an inter-railing trip.