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When the weather starts to heat up SO DO WE

Research has found we get hornier during warmer weather – something we Brits have enjoyed a lot of this year, with temperatures upwards of 32C.

‘Sunlight has been shown to have an association with serotonin, a key neurotransmitter in the ability to experience pleasure,’ said Ashwini Nadkarni, psychiatrist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, US, and instructor at Harvard Medical School.

With lockdown rules (currently) relaxing and the warmth continuing, is this Britain’s friskiest summer? We meet three women who admit they’re far randier during the summer months.

‘Summer sex is much more passionate’

‘When I’m at the beach

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