Love types

Posted December 21st 2010

We’re often told that finding love is a numbers game. But wouldn’t it be nice if we could narrow down the search? Dr Helen Fisher thinks she’s found the answer. By Laura Bond

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A nose for romance

Posted December 15th 2010, by David Servan-Schreiber

The old saying ‘love is blind’ may be true. It is animalistic factors such as communication, touch and smell that determine how attractive we find our partners, says David Servan-Schreiber

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Love and money – why does it cause such heartache?

Posted December 13th 2010, by Anita Chaudhuri

Having previously tackled the mars-venus gender divide, and then pornography, the Psychologies/Tavistock Centre debate series saved the really tricky topic for last — money. Event chair, Professor Brett Kahr got the ball rolling with a thought-provoking quote from Sigmund Freud (who else?). ‘Money has never made anybody happy, because money was never an infantile wish.’ [...]

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Catherine Zeta-Jones: The ultimate agony aunt?

Posted November 23rd 2010, by Sophie Herdman

Agony aunts don’t have an easy job — they need to be sympathetic yet critical, practical and cautious. So who has been voted the ultimate celebrity agony aunt? That’s right, Welsh beauty Catherine Zeta-Jones. One in five* people said they would go to her for relationship advice, while Will Smith was voted the ultimate agony [...]

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What happy couples know

Posted November 16th 2010

A good relationship isn’t a gift — it’s an achievement. Emma Cook discovers a surprising blueprint for love that lasts

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From Gordon Ramsay to Ronan Keating: should you air your problems in public?

Posted November 11th 2010, by Rosie Ifould

So, Gordon Ramsay celebrated his 44th birthday by publishing an open letter to his mother-in-law in the Evening Standard. It implored her not to cut her daughter Tana out of her life following the increasingly bitter fall out between Ramsay and his father-in-law (and ex-business partner) Chris Hutcheson. Meanwhile, Ronan Keating has made an apology [...]

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