Sex & relationships
Opinion
Opinion
RIP the office romance. You will be missed
Where are you going to meet people if not in the office, where you spend most of your waking hours?
- by Shane Watson
Latest
Friendship
Do you need to detox your relationships?
As we age our relationships change both for better and for worse, letting us work out who really matters in our lives.
- by Kelly Doust
Life & relationships
About Last Night: how important is it to lighten up?
In our 15-year relationship, more than one tense moment has been diffused when we both suddenly see the funny side.
- by Maureen Matthews
Dating
Emma Watson says she's 'self-partnered', the latest redefinition of single
It harks to the larger trend of sologamy, or marrying oneself.
- by Lisa Bonos
Opinion
Marriage
What does it feel like to get away with an affair?
The lack of guilt can seem jarring, but many relationship experts argue that this does not represent some kind of emotional bankruptcy.
- by Kerri Sackville
Life & relationships
About Last Night: how can we have a genuine exchange of ideas?
Many people seem to bang on about their own opinions and are unwilling to listen, to the detriment of our society's ability to communicate.
- by Maureen Matthews
Good Weekend
Thought poetry was dead? The 'Instapoets' raking it in online would beg to differ
Millennial wordsmiths sending their pop verse viral on Instagram are making a motza – and proving poetry’s demise has been greatly exaggerated.
- by Helen Pitt
Good Weekend
Gloria Steinem: 'I’m not sure whether Americans will elect a woman in my lifetime'
The American author, lecturer and feminist activist discusses death, her sex education and how politics has changed and remained the same.
- by Benjamin Law
Weddings
Drones and disguises: the secrets of professional proposal photography
Photographers go to extreme lengths: dressing up as waiters in restaurants, hiding up trees and, yes, sometimes operating drones.
- by Mary Ward
Opinion
Courts
The key to reducing sexual violence is not law reform
The evidence shows that education about consent in schools works.
- by Katrina Marson
Sexual health
About Last Night: My life is fine but I'm stuck in a rut
I've got lots of plans but I can't be bothered. How do I overcome my inertia?
- by Maureen Matthews