Love in the time of AI
Young people are turning to AI chatbots for relationships they can’t find in the real world
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I’ll say it: I’m a boyfriend, and proud
Do boyfriends even know they’re embarrassing? What is embarrassing about being in love?
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Angela Rayner is a victim of Britain’s housing crisis
The pressure on parents and divorcees has never been so harsh.
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I am content to be (temporarily) alone – bar the nightmares
The truth is, there’s pleasure in solitude.
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Open relationships won’t save you
Polyamory is much more complicated than its cheerleaders will admit.
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My nephew has changed how I feel about children
I still don’t want kids of my own, but aspects of motherhood that once seemed repellent to me now look…
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On being the writer in the family
Writers exploit and rebel against their parents – but can never escape them.
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To catch a catfish
How one detective took on an international network of romance fraudsters.
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Elaine Kasket’s Q&A: “I used to believe my job was immune to automation”
The psychologist on Sea State by Tabitha Lasley, Andrew Yang and regulating Big Tech.
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Being single really is making you unhappy
In removing the stigma of being single, we’ve forgotten an inconvenient truth.
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What dating effective altruists taught me
In line with their philosophy, EAs are unsentimental and explicit about what they want in dating. Is that such a…
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The uncomfortable secret of adulthood: friendship takes work
Once jobs and serious relationships are thrown into the mix, friendships stop being things that just happen to you.
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Ruth Wilson’s The Second Woman is a mesmerising feat of endurance
Over 24 hours, as Wilson played the same scene with 100 different actors, the repetition became addictive – and profound.
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What does “love bombing” really mean?
On social media, terms coined to describe specific relationship dynamics are increasingly common – and increasingly misused.
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Being single should neither be demonised nor celebrated – it’s just life
Should our lives really change so drastically depending on our relationship status?
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How dating a couple set me free
Falling for two women has forced me to reassess the boundaries between friendship and love.
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