Tag: sex
Icons February 2021
Single Minded: The Women of Warren Beatty
He couldn’t even commit to dinner, Shirley MacLaine once said of her brother, Warren Beatty. Thirteen thousand women — an estimate of the number of Beatty’s sexual conquests — might concur. Originally published in Issue 40 of The Rake, Stuart Husband writes that it’s a wonder he had time to become one of the most important figures in Hollywood, the man who bridged the gap between the old studio system and the freewheeling seventies.
Icons August 2016
Mum's The Word
As our examination of eminence grise continues, we explore the enduring attraction of the older woman…
Style July 2016
Wandering Hands: Five Truly Rakish Erotic Watches
Erotic watches are nothing new. The earliest can be traced back to the late 17th century, when the wealthy would commission painted or engraved scenes of a saucy nature
Icons July 2016
Raising The Teutonic: Veruschka von Lehndorff
She is the daughter of a doomed German resistance fighter who used modelling as an escape from the pain of her childhood. ‘I am Veruschka’, she would say, ‘and I’d…
Code July 2016
Age and Guile Get The Girl
The young Adonis is no match for the seasoned Satyr — supple youth is all very well and good, but it’s experience, vintage and complexity that will win the thinking…
Icons July 2016
Master of Seduction: Giacomo Casanova
Three centuries after the colourful life of wanton womaniser Giacomo Casanova, his name still stands for a multitude of sins and salaciousness.
News April 2016
Shared Experiences
The Rake Online explores the inner workings of the swinging scene
Pleasure April 2016
The Art of Sex
Giving the lie to the notion that we live in an era of unshackled licentiousness, Matthew Weigman, Sotheby’s Worldwide Director of Sales Communications, runs an inquisitive eye over the dominant…
Code October 2015
In Praise of the Courtesan
Jaded by years of living in a culture of monogamy, The Rake calls on all thinking men to relinquish serious relationships in favour of high-class courtesans.
Code September 2015
Pedigree Chums: A History of Aristocratic Incest
Incest is one of the last great taboos, yet it has remained rife within the Western world’s most illustrious – particularly royal – clans. Stuart Husband looks on, treading water, from…
