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The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides, Fourth Estate $29.95 The marriage plot was the staple of the great English novels of the 19th century so what, you might wonder, is the thoroughly modern author of the Pulitzer prize-winning Middlesex doing re-tilling this field? Subverting it, is the answer. Setting the ideals of happy-ever-after love against […]

TV vet Dr Harry Cooper talks for the first time about the breakdown of his marriage to his second wife. Veteran TV star Dr Harry Cooper’s welcoming smile hides the pain of ending his marriage and moving from his historic farmhouse in Tasmania to a modest block on NSW’s mid-north coast to start all over […]

Comedian Magda Szubanski has used Valentine’s Day to come out and show her support for legalising gay marriage. The Kath and Kim star, who recently lost 25 kilos and dropped five dress sizes as the face of Jenny Craig, said that all Australians should have the same rights as heterosexual couples, including “the right to […]

She has been nominated for an impressive four Oscars, six Golden Globes, three BAFTAs and nine Screen Actors Guild Awards, but Julianne Moore is surprisingly grounded. The mother of two, who is gearing up to play Sarah Palin in Game Change chats to Emily Weaver about her role in her hit romantic comedy Stupid Crazy […]

Want to know the secret to Beyoncé and Gwyneth’s happy marriages? Apparently the answer is as simple as double dating. Beyonce and her husband Jay-Z regularly spend time with Gwyneth and her husband Chris Martin — and a new study suggests their marriages are happier as a result. Psychologists from the University of Maryland surveyed […]

A startling quarrel between Denmark’s royal couple shatters the fairytale of their seven-year romance. In a rare glimpse of the strain behind their seemingly perfect marriage, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary have had a disturbing fight, despite the eyes of the world being on them.Glaring at each other, hunching their shoulders and pursing […]

While they are yet to publicly speak about the breakdown of their marriage, it seems Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher have continued working on their relationship behind closed doors. So where did the estranged spouses chose to meet to work over their problems? The pair escaped to Demi’s ex-husband, Bruce Willis’ holiday house in the […]

It’s the male sexual taboo that can destroy relationships and rob couples of a happy love-life. Yet erectile dysfunction needs to be discussed openly and with understanding, before it’s too late, writes Bettina Arndt. Keith lived through a nightmare. He went from being a happily married man to a shaky soul who lost his wife, […]

When it comes to a healthy heart, a happy marriage may be the key but when it comes to keeping weight off marriage doesn’t necessarily help, according to two separate studies. The results of both studies relied heavily on gender. The first study by the University of Rochester found that happily wedded people who undergo […]

How much do you fight with your spouse? Do you fight like cats and dogs or are your arguments limited to a few small tiffs? Either way, a new study has found that the current level of conflict probably won’t change throughout the relationship and heavily impacts on overall happiness. The US study found that […]