A mad set of animal-bonking nymphs? A new hippy dippy term for bi or a strange love for kitchen equipment? Tony Reynolds uncovers the true meaning of pansexuality... Photos from BatFXXX courtesy of Bluebird Films

Foreplay’s team of kink connoisseurs has scoured the globe to bring you the very best advice from professional pervs. This month, Birmingham’s finest smoking mistress shows us how to runs rings round our slaves…

As a notorious activist, sex therapist and founder of the Outsiders Charity, Dr Tuppy Owens is at the centre of the erotic universe. We’re thrilled to have her as our new agony aunt. If you need help getting your thrills then drop her an email at tuppyo@gmail.com with ‘Aunty Tuppy’ in the subject, or post her a letter to: The Foreplay Adviser, Third Floor, 207 Old Street, London, EC1V 9NR.

For many lovers, it seems that period week means blowjob week. But Sarah Berry finds out why we should all be celebrating when Auntie Flo comes to visit

There is a strong genderfuckery angle to strap-on play, says Zak Jane Keir. A girl with a cock: how taboo, how boundary-breaking, how brilliant is that?

On a visit to a club where the men will do anything (really!) to please even the most demanding women, Sarah Berry discovers her inner bitch. Photos by Derek and Bobette

An adult theme park on Honeymoon Island, and it’s not in Las Vegas. Lorna Elliott sent this photo report on South Korea’s bizarre take on sex education

If you thought that retreats were all about fasting, circle chanting and yoga or contemplating your navel with baldy blokes in long robes, then think again, says Lesley Ann Sharrock. Sea Mountain might just be the ultimate in hedonistic adult hideaways

We all have our private sexual fantasies. But dare you reveal those kinky desires to a partner – only to regret it later, wishing you had kept your mucky little secret under wraps. Leanne Owen is hot for sharing and asked her friends’ for their take on this sticky subject. [pic credit] Ronald Putzker

Should you attend a casting session for an adult production, it might be handy to have a grasp of XXX jargon, just so you know what you might be in for. After all, in the heat of the moment with the cameras rolling, it just wouldn’t do to exclaim, ‘You want me to do what?!? [pic credit: main pic] www.private.com

Sexperts often regard those of us with ‘unconventional’ sexual preferences as in need of some kind of therapy. Zak Jane Keir insists sexual diversity and kinkiness should be celebrated rather than feared – or cured. [pic credit] Lady Venus / www.erosartist.com