• Katharine McPhee, Sarah Paulson and More Stars Who've Spoken About Relationship Age Gaps

    While fans can have a lot to say about celebrity couples' age gaps, for those in the romance, the concern just doesn't add up. Take Kristin Cavallari's relationship with Mark Estes, for

  • You Are Here by David Nicholls review – love is in the fresh air

    The One Day author’s new will-they-won’t-they tale, about two divorcees who find themselves walking the Lakes and Pennines, is a great comic novel – and superb on the landscapeThe proximity of the publication of David Nicholls’s sixth novel, You Are Here, to the screening of the superb Netflix remake of One Day gives the new book an added sense of poignancy. If One Day (2009) saw Nicholls as a writer in his mid-40s looking back nostalgically on the loves and losses of twentysomethings, here we...

  • Scarborough-set musical love story is a triumph

    There is so much to be positive about the stage show written and produced by Steve Wallis, who moved to the town six years ago – based on his audiobook of the same name. It contains 11 narrated chapters with each chapter being complimented by its own song. In a nutshell – when hairdresser Hannah meets Lance Corporal Jack Webb in the summer of 2012 she is smitten. They enjoy a whirlwind four-week affair before Jack has to return to the Army to fight in the Afghan War. As she does for the...

  • Swipe left? Why it could be harder to find love in the age of Tinder

    Finding a long-term partner is trickier than ever, argues Paul C Brunson, a lead researcher at Tinder. David Robson asks him how cultural and technological shifts are changing our relationships.

  • The real Kerala story – without ‘love jihad’ fiction

    What is the real Kerala story? Perhaps it's a film which offers a slice of life from Malappuram, where a local Muslim family ends up nursing — and eventually caring for — a Nigerian football player with a broken leg who had been recruited for the wildly-popular sport of “sevens football”. Or maybe it’s the one about an impetuous young man and his “team” in a Christian community in Angamaly, which offers a glimpse into their life of petty crime and violence, with unforgettable depictions of the...

  • The Supernatural Love Story of Joni Lamb and Doug Weiss

    When Doug and I began telling people about our relationship, the vast majority said, "We've been praying for you. We're so happy." But the other voices definitely left an impression. From a relationship standpoint I knew I was free, biblically and emotionally, to move forward, but I wasn't looking. There was no real desire in me for a relationship. I want to make that crystal clear. I wasn't looking and had no need to do so. So many people have judged my timeline from Marcus' death to my...

  • Dawn Staley ‘is Philadelphia’: Stories from the city that loves her back

    The Athletic has live coverage of in the women’s . CLEVELAND —Sometime in the next few days, if beats on Sunday afternoon for the national championship, Dawn Staley’s phone will almost certainly ping with a text from her former grassroots coach. Advertisement Mike Flynn thinks he has the perfect message to send his former point guard. He wants Staley to be ready for the ultimate Philly celebration should she cut down the nets in Cleveland. More specifically: He wants her to get a Mummers...

  • Humane Society launches ‘Love is Blind’ to match dogs with fosters

    The Hawaiian Humane Society is urgently seeking families to foster or adopt available dogs.

  • Knife by Salman Rushdie review – a story of hatred defeated by love

    A book its author 'would much rather not have needed to write' ranges far

  • Review: Lizzy McAlpine’s ‘Older’ is an ode to coming-of-age stories

    In her third studio album, “Older,” American singer-songwriter Lizzy McAlpine expertly crafted a hauntingly raw collection of 14 songs — each describing the passage of time, uncertainty and, as per the title, the reality of growing up. McAlpine brilliantly voices the struggles of young people placing undue pressure on themselves to have life all figured This story Review: Lizzy McAlpine’s ‘Older’ is an ode to coming-of-age stories appeared first on Washington Square News.

  • Morning Rundown: The Supernatural Love Story of Joni Lamb and Doug Weiss

    Here's a quick rundown of the top stories on charismanews.com: The Supernatural Love Story of Joni Lamb and Doug Weiss When Doug and I began telling people about our relationship, the vast majority said, "We've been praying for you. We're so happy." But the other voices definitely left an impression. From a relationship standpoint I knew I was free, biblically and emotionally, to move forward, but I wasn't looking. There was no real desire in me for a relationship. I want to make that crystal...

  • Kerala church screens ‘The Kerala Story’ for minors to counter ‘love jihad’

    ‘Girls are being trapped in love and being used for anti-national activities including terrorism,’ said Father Jins Karakkatt of the Idukki Diocese.