Marriage
Why marriage is increasingly for the royals – and the rich
Whatever their views about the monarchy, most people will warm to the news of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s engagement.…
Divorce destroys society. Don’t let’s make it easier
I went to Relate once, the counselling service formerly known as the National Marriage Guidance Council. I wasn’t married at…
How can I prevent my husband from burning all my post?
If you don’t yet watch Gogglebox on Channel 4, start doing so now. Far from making you despise our couch-potato…
Mary solves your problems: My husband’s started working from home – and he’s driving me crazy
Q. My husband, who used to be away on business most of the time, now works from home and has…
Amsterdam Notebook
When my husband and I arrived in our adored Amsterdam on a sun-drenched schoolday afternoon — less than an hour…
Call yourself a friend?
Should we be surprised that friendship isn’t always mutual? That is one of the findings of a team of researchers…
A foolish proposal
It’s nonsense that women should be given one day in every four years to propose marriage
Stop calling me ‘Goat’
The title of Tim Parks’s 17th novel is false advertising, because Thomas and Mary: A Love Story is barely a…
Summer’s end
Hedonism, tragedy and me
A marriage of misanthropes
This is a cautionary tale for any young couples out there thinking of tying the knot. Be wary of what…
Will he was
In 2011, the Daily Mail carried a long story about how the Queen’s cousin Prince William of Gloucester, who died…
Diary
My Cambodian daughter and her husband have just got married again. Wedding One was a Buddhist affair in our drawing…
Your problems solved
Q. My partner, a leading political commentator on a national newspaper, recently agreed to shave off his hair at the…
Web of sin
Why don’t more people object to online promotion of adultery?
Sub-Aga saga
Lovely, gentle Isabel, just 40, makes masks. Her husband Dan, erstwhile ‘student of the Classics’ and playwright manqué, is ‘bored…
The age of the Skype Dad
What happens when a divorce court accepts video calls as a substitute for visiting your children
Dear Mary
Q. For ten years, I have made a reasonable freelance income working from home. During this time my husband has…
Your problems solved
Q. Someone I was at university with but hadn’t seen much of over the ten years since invited me to…
Gods and fairytales
The rise of modern paganism – and the persistence of the real thing
Singles match
The rise of ‘living apart together’ – and why I’ve stopped doing it
Dear Mary
Once again Mary has invited some of her favourite figures in the public eye to submit personal queries for her…
What you’re not allowed to say about divorce
Would you find it difficult to remain friends with someone if he or she suddenly revealed that they intended to…
Marrying money
Marriage has emerged as a serious – and perhaps surprising – social divide
The Greeks and rape
A footballer serves his sentence for rape, insisting on his innocence. Debate rages whether he should play again. To us,…
Letters
Faith and flexibility Sir: What a contrast in your two articles on religion last week: one liberal atheist parent (Claire…
