18 THINGS ABOUT LONELINESS AND HOW TO ALLEVIATE IT Apparently we now have a “Minister For Loneliness” in the UK Government because life is getting lonelier than ever. Why is that and what can we do about social isolation? It’s […]
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BEING SINGLE IN YOUR 50’S
January 16, 2017
My friend and I recently agreed that there is much to be said for being single in your 50’s. So much so that we are both potentially in dire danger of never having a relationship again unless we are prepared […]
SPINSTER
June 14, 2015
Spinster. Possibly the ugliest word ever invented. You can’t help but spit it out. I hate the word. We need to come up with something better. Something less prickly. Kate Bolick has a new book out called “Spinster: Making a […]
TOP 10 REASONS A MARRIAGE IS UNHAPPY
February 4, 2015
I was sent some information today about a recent study that revealed that a quarter of all British marriages are unhappy ones, with only one in five married couples describing themselves as “blissfully happy”. The email started “as if Wednesday […]
ONE IN FOUR PEOPLE HAVE AFFAIRS?
August 13, 2014
In a recent survey by Relate called “The Way We Live Now” it appears that one in four married people in Britain has had or is having an affair. This is a very depressing state of affairs (pun intended). Where […]
CONSCIOUS UNCOUPLING
March 30, 2014
A view on the recent news about Gwyneth and Chris's conscious uncoupling. What does it all mean?
DIVORCE IS FOREVER
February 2, 2014
I know that “Divorce is Forever” sounds like a massive statement, but I was just reading an interview with Dancing with the Stars host Brooke Burke-Charvet and one of her comments on her divorce is: “I regret having a marriage […]
MARRIAGE AND CANCER
September 27, 2013
How typical. Just as I write a post on being single, new research appears to tell us all that if you are married you are less likely to die of cancer. “Men and women who have tied the knot were […]
TOP 10 WAYS TO AVOID DIVORCE
August 3, 2013
Um. For a start. Don’t ask me. I didn’t manage to avoid divorce. But there were probably things we could have done better – even though we had a very young family it’s still important to try to make time […]
“GONE GIRL” REVIEW BY GILLIAN FLYNN
June 7, 2013
You’d better make sure you have some spare time when you start this book, because all of a sudden all you want to do is read the next page and the next and the one after that – it was […]
LOW KEY WEDDINGS ARE COOL
June 3, 2013
I think Keira Knightly has done a major service to young couples thinking about getting married. Taking the marriage ceremony back to it’s bare basics, about the couple and nobody else is the best message a celebrity can give to […]
WHAT IS THE SECRET TO A HAPPY MARRIAGE?
April 1, 2013
Well, obviously I don’t know the answer to this question because my marriage failed. However, there was an article on the BBC website over the weekend and I’m still allowed to be interested in the concept. My mother would have […]
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