While Game of Thrones showed the worst side of the bedding ceremony in its third season, the historical tradition is a little ...

Welsh poets’ use of the language of love and intimacy to describe their relationships with powerful patrons is being explored as part of research at Aberystwyth University. The research project is ...

My father, Rabbi Dr. Nathan Drazin (1906-1976), published his book Marriage Made in Heaven in 1958. The book, which provides a frank discussion on sex and marriage from an Orthodox Jewish perspective, ...

For medieval peasants, marriage wasn’t about ceremonies, churches, or paperwork - it was about whether a couple could build a working household. Church law ultimately ruled that mutual consent was the ...

My father, Rabbi Dr. Nathan Drazin (1906-1976), published his book Marriage Made in Heaven in 1958. The book, which provides a frank discussion on sex and marriage from an Orthodox Jewish perspective, ...

Largely shunned in France, the work of these consultants is now being recognised at Cannes. Film-maker Anubha Momin describes how they make for more confident movies – and directors The light is wrong ...

Tales of love and adventure from 1,000 years ago reveal a dazzling range of now-extinct English pronouns. They capture something unique about how people once thought about "two-ness". But why did they ...

A study by the University of New Hampshire challenges common assumptions about aging and intimacy, revealing that many single adults aged 60 to 83 continue to prioritize sexual activity in their ...

In his book The Intimate Animal, sex and relationships researcher Justin Garcia says people have miscalculated their need for human intimacy, which is the real issue at the root of the loneliness ...