How we met: ‘I proposed in the toilet queue at a festival – she...
The first of a new series. Charlie Clark was mourning his father’s death when a friend took him to a gig. ‘I wasn’t in...
It’s 2019. Who Told My Eight-Year-Old Daughter If a Boy Is Mean to You,...
Your first crush is a rite of passage. The fixations that follow it are just life. Nervous, awkward, sublime. Disastrous. Transcendent. Here, we celebrate infatuations, obsessions,...
How not to infuriate your spouse: a short guide to the marriage lessons all...
Rosslea Hall hotel’s ‘groom academy’ won’t solve the cause of most arguments among cohabiting couples: poor communication
When I heard that a hotel was offering...
Divorce, Islam and me: ‘I will for ever be the woman who left two...
When my arranged marriage ended, my parents decided to set me up again. But finding love isn’t that easy...
Iwas 19 the first time...
‘We tenderly drop the vibrator into the bin’: how I Marie Kondo’d my whole...
The Netflix series has sparked a whole new wave of tidying. But can I apply her minimalist approach to my love life, friendships and...
The art of listening has been lost in these polarised times
The BBC’s Listening Project turns seven this month. It offers a window into a gentler, more compassionate Britain
What was it? At first I...
All Your Friendship Questions, Answered
We constantly talk about our partners and our breakups, our marriages and our divorces. But friendship — its beginning, occasional end, and every problem...
Tim Dowling: Why is an angry skier offloading on me?
‘I’ll tell you what’s just happened,’ he says. ‘Someone’s taken my wife’s skis’
It is Wednesday afternoon, and I am skiing through some trees...
I met my girlfriend’s parents – and realised I once slept with her father
She is everything to me and I was going to propose – but now he has told me to end it with her
Five...
Can too little sleep ruin your relationship?
Lack of shut-eye has long been linked to a range of serious health problems. Now a study confirms that it can also be at...
