Playgirl Review

Playgirl has been looking at men on behalf of women since 1973, and I rather love it for that. The online version is a proper magazine, with features, entertainment, an archive and a sex talk section, all written by real columnists.

I read it on the sofa one Sunday morning with a coffee, the way I used to read glossy magazines, and it felt wonderfully familiar. The pieces are smart and often funny. To Shave or Not to Shave, Scent of a Man and Made-up Men are all about the male body, and there are spotlights on actors like Jacob Elordi. The articles are free to read.

Playgirl+ is the members' side, with a new man of the month, Francesco in September and Benjamin in October, photographed the classic Playgirl way.

This is tasteful, flirty nudity rather than porn, a lovely choice for evenings when you'd rather be charmed than shocked. After all these years, it still knows exactly how to flatter a man.