Marriage

Inside Marriage

Japanese parents marry off 'parasite single' offspring

Sunday, 24 August 2008

Young people living at home in their thirties are being paired up by mum and dad at large-scale lonely hearts conventions. David McNeill reports

You are invited to our Vegas wedding...

Thursday, 14 August 2008

When Peaches Geldof decided to spring a surprise wedding on her family, there was only one place to go. So what are the odds on her marriage lasting? Tim Walker and Chris Green study the form

John Lichfield: In Brittany, a wedding with a difference

Thursday, 14 August 2008

Paris Notebook

Same-sex weddings: marriage made in Hollywood

Thursday, 22 May 2008

California's decision to overturn a ban on gay weddings signals a summer of star-studded unions. But the battle for equal rights, reports Stephen Foley, is still waiting for a happy ending

Joan Smith: Civil partnerships could work for us all

Sunday, 30 March 2008

Last year a friend of mine went to a civil partnership ceremony for the first time. She liked it so much that she decided to book one for herself and her partner, with whom she's lived for several years. She rang the town hall, chose the date and everything seemed straightforward until the registrar asked for her partner's name. "You mean your partner's a man?" asked the incredulous official, and gently explained that civil partnerships are available only to same-sex couples.

Marriage rates lowest since records began

Wednesday, 26 March 2008

Marriage rates have fallen to the lowest level since records began, according to figures released today.

Sarah Sands: Realism, not romance, keeps you in a marriage

Sunday, 20 January 2008

Like Russia, marriage is a riddle wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. It can be the source of the greatest human happiness and the cause of its greatest woes. My position on the institution is one of the purest moral hypocrisy. I believe in the sanctity of marriage and its social virtue. I am also happily divorced and remarried.

Marriage in the fast lane: Short-lived celebrity unions

Saturday, 19 January 2008

Two weeks after a lavish island wedding ceremony, Eddie Murphy is splitting up with his latest wife. And if you think that's short for a high-profile marriage, think again. John Walsh celebrates an inglorious tradition

'Asian Cilla Black' brings arranged marriages to TV

Tuesday, 30 October 2007

Ask someone in a happy arranged marriage why they let their parents pick their spouse and they often repeat the saying: "In the West, you marry the one you love. In the East, we love the one we marry". You learn to love the person you marry, they argue, because the people who selected them chose so well. Parents and close relatives are the people who know you better than anyone else, so why not let them choose something as important as a life partner?