04/05/2026 - 1:10am

On love and sacrifice Easter is a celebration of absence

Terry Eagleton

12.02

Why heartbreak is good for you True love is all about risk

Kat Rosenfield

19.06

United States of (Jane) Austen They’ve turned her into a self-help guru

Lily Isaacs

30.04

How algorithms killed romance Tech enforces neo-feudal relationships

Matthew Gasda

13.03

Technocrats don't love you The modern world is soulless by design

N.S. Lyons

14.02

Martin Amis stole my life He distorted our romance for profit

Antonella Gambotto-Burke

13.12

How the internet perverts desire Online longing is quasi-pornographic

Blake Smith

30.05

Don’t be terrified of Pale Fire Nabokov's masterpiece has a complex but huge heart

Mary Gaitskill

14.02

The curse of Valentine’s Day The internet has killed off romance

Mary Harrington

13.02

Why I imagined my husband’s death What if fiction can alter the real world?

Francesca Kay

05.10

Marriage has been divorced from love Even conservatives fail to grasp its value

Kat Rosenfield

01.09

Can a psychologist find you love? Compatibility often defies explanation

Michael Bond