It’s just gone midday and the champagne is already flowing at Soho House 76 Dean Street. Which is a tad early, even for louche journalists, but welcome fortification for the workshop ahead. I’ve been invited to the London launch of The Pleasure Atelier — a wellness-orientated adult sex education session that promises to banish shame and connect us with our sensuality.
It’s a world away from an awkward PSHE class. The Pleasure Atelier’s founder and resident clinical sexologist Marie Morice couldn’t be more different from having a gym teacher fumbling with condoms and cucumbers. Morice is French, for starters, and despite having lived in London for 30 years is stereotypically chic in an effortless way — she eschews makeup but has the kind of glow that makes you wonder if regular orgasms are the keystone to a good skincare routine.
