Relationships

Politics & Society
How COVID lockdowns affected our relationships
COVID-19 forced many of us to stay at home. For some this was a positive, bringing families closer together. But for others, it was lonely and overwhelming

Politics & Society
Living apart together
Sharing a home is what makes a couple a couple, but for some people, a romantic partner isn’t someone you live with

Health & Medicine
Special Report
When love is blind
We need to better recognise it isn’t easy for a woman to accept the person they have invested their life in, their intimate partner, may be sexually abusing them

Politics & Society
Special Report
Intimate partner sexual violence and the courts
Sexual assault by an intimate partner often goes unreported, and when it is, the legal system is daunting whether a woman is seeking justice or simply protection. We need a better way.

Arts & Culture
Podcast
Finding friendship in art and algorithms
COVID-19 has reinforced the vital nature of friendship and community – not just with other humans but also our connections to nature, algorithms, animals and art

Arts & Culture
Matchmaking and marriage in modern China
Marriage is still considered the bedrock of Chinese society, but matchmaking is sometimes a public performance of ‘good parenting’ for the older generation

Arts & Culture
A very modern dilemma
Mobile communications can keep us connected 24/7, leading people to adopt a range of tactics to avoid messaging, but there is little agreed etiquette for avoiding causing offence

Health & Medicine
The mental cost of keeping a secret
New research finds that on average we keep around 17 secrets people have confided in us, but this often comes with strings attached for our psychological wellbeing

Arts & Culture
Podcast
Can love overcome the distance between us?
Anthropologist Nigel Rapport’s fieldwork explores love and respecting the individuality of life

Arts & Culture
The online overhaul of courtship
Technology is changing our love lives and has been for a while now – but is it really at the expense of the romance of courtship?