Aristotle (center), wearing a blue robe, seen in a discourse with Plato in a 16th century fresco, ‘The School of Athens’ by Raphael.
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The ‘talking stage’ is a lot like traditional ‘courting’ – with some online complications. Still, it can be a great way to test the waters with a potential partner and establish healthy boundaries.
The convenience of dating apps can also make them difficult to navigate.
Figuring out what to do with the ‘Song of Songs’ has preoccupied people reading the Bible for centuries.
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The famous biblical book alludes to God only once. Historically, though, most interpreters have argued the poem’s about love between the divine and his people.
‘Cupid and Psyche’ by Italian sculptor Antonio Canova.
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Ancient Greece and Rome may have handed down the image of rosy-cheeked Cupids, but their myths about him explore the messier – sometimes scarier – sides of love.
In Just Friends (2005), Chris Brander gets a second chance with the girl he loved in high school when he is forced home for Christmas.
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There was once a time when you could simply put old photos and love letters out of sight and out of mind. Editing your ex out of your digital life is a lot trickier.
Given the complexity of polycules, it’s important for participants to be on the same page.
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It’s often assumed that people who identify as asexual are also ‘aromantic’ – that they aren’t interested in forming romantic relationships or aren’t capable of doing so.
Major plot points explode like hand grenades in Adrianne Howell’s Hydra, which is ‘never dull’, but implausible. And Alice Nelson’s Faithless, about love and literature, operates in a rarefied world.
These two new romances starring bold, culturally connected heroines from Redfern and Western Sydney break the genre mould – but remain faithful to what readers love about romance.
Romance readers would be familiar with the idea of romantic serialisation - now, Netflix’s Bridgerton brings the format to television, which is why season 1’s Duke of Hastings is nowhere to be seen.
Actor Seo Kang Joon poses with a fan at an autograph signing.
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Inspired by the sensitive, handsome men they see on TV in their favorite K-dramas, they travel abroad in pursuit of a ‘soft’ masculinity they say they can’t find at home.
Bumble seeks to challenge what the company calls ‘the antiquated rules of dating.’
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