Divorce
An intense conversation about life, love and writing with Deborah Levy
Deborah Levy draws her epigraph for The Cost of Living from Marguerite Duras’s Practicalities: ‘You’re always more unreal to yourself…
Divorce destroys society. Don’t let’s make it easier
I went to Relate once, the counselling service formerly known as the National Marriage Guidance Council. I wasn’t married at…
Puppy love
There have been times since the break-up when I’ve felt so low I’ve opened a bottle of Shiraz and spent…
Something nasty in the woodshed
I’ve diagnosed myself with early onset cottage-itis. It’s not supposed to happen for another decade, but at 29 I dream…
The beginning of the end for Pope Francis
What the Pope didn’t just say about divorce
Why the leap-year proposal is a nonsense
It’s nonsense that women should be given one day in every four years to propose marriage
Pope vs church - the anatomy of a Catholic civil war
Francis’s haphazard reforms risk sparking a Catholic civil war
The Seagull needs a roof to stop Chekhov's subtleties flying off
A new Seagull lands in Regent’s Park. Director Matthew Dunster has lured Chekhov’s classic into a leafy corner of north…
Why Pope Francis could be facing a Catholic schism
It’s not just Vatican infighting any more. Pope Francis has a potential schism on his hands
Meet the Skype Dads: a new sorrow of divorce in the internet age
What happens when a divorce court accepts video calls as a substitute for visiting your children
A tatty new theatre offers up a comic gem that’s sure to be snapped up by the BBC
New venue. New enticement. In the undercroft of a vast but disregarded Bloomsbury church nestles the Museum of Comedy. The…
Easy divorce has been catastrophic for British children (and I say this as a divorcee)
Would you find it difficult to remain friends with someone if he or she suddenly revealed that they intended to…
Watch out Pope Francis: the Catholic civil war has begun
Uncertainty over how much reform Pope Francis wants is splitting his church into factions
Spectator letters: St Augustine and Louise Mensch, war votes and flannel
Faith and flexibility Sir: What a contrast in your two articles on religion last week: one liberal atheist parent (Claire…
Can virgins have babies?
Mrs Christabel Russell, the heroine of Bevis Hillier’s sparkling book, was a very modern young woman. She had short blonde…
Long life: Putin, Saatchi, Murdoch...hell hath no fury like an old man scorned
The days may be long gone when a husband would pretend to commit adultery in a Brighton hotel so as…
