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The lure of the Loire: where to stay, eat, drink and more

Its the valley thats stoked the worlds romantic imagination a land of chateaux, fine wines and spectacular scenery. From Nantes to Orlans, we select the highlights of the Loire Love wine? Heres where to stay, eat and drink in the worlds most famous wine regions

Transfer window 2017 every deal in Europe's top five leagues | Transfer window

All the moves in the top leagues of England, Spain, Italy, France and Germany as well as club-by-club guides for all the ins and outs this summer

Van Morrison 10 of the best

From radio-friendly R&B via religious fervor to spiritual reawakening, these tracks map the Northern Irish songwriters soul-searching career During Van Morrisons spell in Them, the brutally, brilliantly reductive Belfast band he fronted between 1964 and 1966, there had been glimmers of an artistic sensibility at odds with the turbo-boosted dockside R&B of songs like Gloria

Vulva masks and labia serums: the marketing of womens genital shame

More and more wellness companies are selling products that capitalise on womens insecurities over their bodies. Now they are targeting the vulva There is little to love about having a cold, damp vulva. Or so I discovered when I applied an activated charcoal sheet mask to mine. The product in question, Blackout, is by a

Can you tell what sex somebody is from a urine sample? | Notes and Queries

Can you tell what sex somebody is from a urine sample? Vicky Hill, London, UK Jim, Cobham UK Jason, London, UK Dave, Surrey, UK Cao Tien Quan, Quynh Giang, Quynh Luu, Nghe An, Vietnam