UK Marriage

Marriage in the Modern World

Charlotte Ballantyne | Posted 13.05.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Charlotte Ballantyne

Personally, I have concluded that while marriage seems like a nice idea, still celebrated by many, and plenty of marriages do last in the long run, it is not nearly so important nowadays. I am not religious, I don't care about having a big wedding and I understand the practicalities of the real world.

Your Wedding Won't Be Perfect

Laura Babb | Posted 11.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Laura Babb

You will save yourself a whole heap of wedding day stress by letting go. Turn up, get married, have a party. Don't worry about the details or the politics. Don't stress about things running on time because they never do. Ever.

Photography: Finding the Truth

Laura Babb | Posted 04.05.2013 | UK Entertainment
Laura Babb

They say the camera never lies and whilst I agree with that, I think the role of a photographer is to look beyond the obvious, in order to find a deeper truth about their subject.

WATCH: Husband Asks His Wife To Wake Him Each Morning With A Slap

The Huffington Post UK | Brogan Driscoll | Posted 04.03.2013 | UK Lifestyle

Forget about breakfast in bed or wanting to be woken up with a gentle kiss on the lips by your partner, this man asked his wife to wake him each morni...

Let Priests Marry, Says Britain's Top Catholic

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Tom Moseley | Posted 22.02.2013 | UK

Priests should be able to get married because they find celibacy "difficult", Britain's most senior Roman Catholic has said. Cardinal Keith O'Brien...

The Two Principles of Family Love: Change and Constancy

Adrian Millar | Posted 24.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Adrian Millar

My wife and I went to see Titanic fourteen years ago. I lapped up every moment of it. Rose and Jack running along the decks of the ship hand in hand? ...

Take Responsibility for Your Relationship Breakdown And Divorce

Soila Sindiyo | Posted 21.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Soila Sindiyo

Very often when I speak about taking responsibility for one's relationship breakdown, I'm met with strange looks, actually some of them are angry, antagonised looks that demand, "Are you trying to say that I put myself in this situation?"

Food and Marriage in the Suburbs

Francesca Segal | Posted 21.04.2013 | UK Entertainment
Francesca Segal

A rather grand colleague drifted over to me as I was flagging down a passing tray of miniature devilled eggs. "Your people", he observed, eyeing me over his cognac, "do like to eat." Well yes, we do. And where's the shame? Jews and food - everyone knows it, and so it was impossible to take offense.

The True Divorce Stats the Marriage Foundation Want You to Know

Suzy Miller | Posted 20.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Suzy Miller

It was not only refreshing to hear intelligent conclusions being drawn from the number crunching of the Office of National Statistics, but it was invaluable to finally get some of those persistent divorce myths busted for good. Myths that I had adopted just the same as everyone else.

Why Aren't You Married Yet?

Gates Cambridge Scholars | Posted 17.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Gates Cambridge Scholars

Why has my marital status become a kind of illness for which everyone either feels sympathy or annoyance because of the impression that I am not taking responsibility for my life?

The Day After St. Valentine's Day

Adrian Millar | Posted 16.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Adrian Millar

I hate St. Valentine's Day. I can't do romance on prescription. So, this year, as I do every year, I leave my three children with some relatives, book a night in a hotel in Dublin, with dinner for two thrown in, and take a deep breath. Fun? I don't think so.

All You Need Is...

Caragh Little | Posted 13.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Caragh Little

Love? A zero score in tennis - from the French l'oeuf, "the egg" - or the keynote of the Valentine's Day celebrations. Depending on your point of view.

On Weddings And Wedding Blogs

Louise Phillips | Posted 10.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Louise Phillips

Well, first of all, happy gay marriage week! Or, you know, marriage week. Because surely it's just all about spending the rest of your life with the...

Marriage... Who Needs It? I Do... Don't I?

Daley James Francis | Posted 12.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Daley James Francis

We'd been together for nearly eight years at this point and although neither of us ever talked about marriage or was that interested in it, it was becoming expected of us. My sudden turn into the academic arena was unexpected by 99.9% of the people we knew.

When Someone You Love is Narcissistic

Dan Roberts | Posted 08.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Dan Roberts

When someone is narcissistic, they tend to be extremely self-focused, viewing the world and the people they encounter as being there to serve their needs.

Why I Supported the Gay Marriage Bill

Margot James | Posted 08.04.2013 | UK Politics
Margot James

The Commons voted by a substantial majority in support of allowing gay marriage on 5 February. I am glad that over 130 Conservative colleagues voted for the bill and I understand why some did not, given the outright hostility to the measure among some groups in society who are over represented (statistically speaking) among Conservative Party membership.

After Gay Marriage, the Next Step Should Be Heterosexual Partnerships

Natalie Bennett | Posted 08.04.2013 | UK Politics
Natalie Bennett

MPs have acknowledged that civil partnerships don't meet all couples' needs - now they need to go a step further, and acknowledge that marriage doesn't meet the needs of all heterosexual couples.

Sarah Teather Among Four Lib Dems To Vote Against Gay Marriage

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.02.2013 | UK Politics

The House of Commons overwhelmingly backed gay marriage on Tuesday evening, however much attention has understandably focused on David Cameron's failu...

MP Fears The 'Merciless Prism Of Equality'

The Huffington Post UK | Ned Simons | Posted 05.02.2013 | UK Politics

Conservative MP Edward Leigh attacked plans to allow gay people to marry on Tuesday fearing the "merciless prism of equality", much to the confusion o...

MP Says Gay Marriage Will Put Straight People Off Marrying

The Huffington Post UK | Ned Simons | Posted 05.02.2013 | UK Politics

DUP MP Ian Paisley Jr prompted laughter in the Commons on Tuesday when he said allowing gay people to get married would cause fewer heterosexual peopl...

Conservative Divisions Over Gay Marriage Laid Bare

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.02.2013 | UK Politics

The depth of Conservative divisions over gay marriage are to be laid bare on Tuesday when David Cameron faces being deserted by more than half of his ...

Ned Simons

Maria Miller Insists There Is 'No Pressure' On Tory MPs Over Gay Marriage

HuffingtonPost.com | Ned Simons | Posted 04.02.2013 | UK Politics

On Tuesday evening MPs will vote to approve, or disapprove, of same-sex marriage. It is a historic step and many find it remarkable that the measure w...

Valentine's Day in Paris

Andrew Matthews | Posted 02.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Andrew Matthews

This post is for lovers. Lovers who boldly indulge in unrestricted romance, long and lingering public displays of affection and the hopefully not-forgotten art of spoiling your special someone rotten. For these are the lovers who take their paramour to Paris for Valentine's Day.

What I Have Learned From the Recession

Adrian Millar | Posted 31.03.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Adrian Millar

So, when I took my three children to Eddie Rocket's for dessert late last year and discovered that I had no money in my Laser account to pay for the bill, I panicked. I phoned my wife who was in China diligently working to bring us back an extra few bob to take the edge off the recession.

Sadly, in Redefining Marriage, the UK Mandates Social Decline Into Law

Stephen Stacey | Posted 02.04.2013 | UK Politics
Stephen Stacey

Since same-sex couples cannot give birth to their own biological children, they cannot uphold the child's natural right and desire to be hugged every day by the two, opposite-sex people who gave the child life. In this sense, they cannot be married.