Love

It’s the burning question that has plagued women for centuries: how attractive am I to men? Thankfully, Esquire magazine published a helpful quiz to answer this very question in 1940. The quiz, written by men, tells the 40s girl exactly why she is still single, and how to go about getting married immediately. So where […]

When Shane Warne and Elizabeth Hurley were photographed kissing in 2010, their relationship was dismissed as a flash in the pan. But two years later the couple are engaged, renovating a new house and eagerly planning their wedding — which can’t come soon enough for their children. The model and the cricketer have four children […]

Eight months after her split from Olympic champion Kieren (who has revealed the new woman in his life), Symantha Perkins tells Bryce Corbett what it was really like to be married to swimming’s golden boy. It’s a scene that is part of the nation’s sporting history. After cruising coolly to victory in the 1500 metres […]

When 28-year-old Ryan Miller proposed to Lindsay Saunders, 19, in August last year, the loved-up Texas couple decided they would wait until the time was right to get married. But when doctors noticed an ominous mass in Ryan’s right lung in August this year their walk down the aisle became a race against time. Ryan […]

She shares a name with one of Jane Austen greatest romantic heroines, and now UK woman Elizabeth Bennett is the star of her very own epic love story. Last weekend, Elizabeth, 25, tied the knot with Brian Woodward, 26, a man she met when he dialled a wrong number nine years ago. It was a […]

David Bowie was famous for his womanising ways but his son Duncan Jones is much more of a traditional romantic. Duncan, 41, has revealed that he married his girlfriend Rodene Ronquillo, 32, the day she was diagnosed with breast cancer last month. “On November 4th, my beautiful fiancée @rodeneronquillo and I were frisking about in […]

An octogenarian couple have revealed the secret to their 65 years of marital bliss — matching outfits. Joey Schwanke, 81, and her husband Mel, 86, bought their first custom-made matching outfits in 1976 and have dressed alike ever since. They now own 146 bespoke coordinating ensembles and never leave their home in Fremont, Nebraska, in […]

Forget Mr Darcy — modern women are more likely to settle for his underpaid manservant. For the first time in history, more brides are “marrying down” than “marrying up”, according to a study by UK think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). IPPR studied marriage figures from the past 40 years and found […]

Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman have two beautiful daughters, but no matter how lovely his girls are, Keith will always love his wife more. While most parents would confess to loving their children more than their partner, Keith says his Nicole is the centre of his universe, and always will be. In pictures: Keith Urban’s […]

Relationships aren’t easy. Around every corner lurks another obstacle or pressure ready to test our partnerships. If it’s not our friend’s enviable love life being flaunted in front of us, then it’s romanticised movie portrayals that leave us feeling unfulfilled. If it’s not talk shows telling us what’s normal, then it’s self-help books telling us […]