Love Tag Archive
From faux pas to friendships
(4 minute read) Making friends in a new land means both losing and keeping one’s identity, as Lisa Fraser discovered.
When friendships die
(2 minute read) Nicole Law advises weeding out friendships and relationships which have stopped growing.
Love, loss and … literature
(6 minute read) From Africa to England – Sean Organ reveals the backstory of the great author J. R. R. Tolkien and considers how much influence it might have had on his writing.
Food, faith and family
(4 minute read) Giovanna Eusebi reveals how to value food and make it a priceless bond in relationships.
Perfection comes in all shapes and sizes …
(7 minute read)
Sarah Costerton offers a powerful insight into the joys and challenges of welcoming a child with Down syndrome into the family.
Being a grandma in a time of pandemic …
(7 minute read)
Marian Green misses physical contact with her grandchildren but is finding new (and old) ways to keep in touch.
Immoral Pursuits: the authoritarian manipulation of religious and spiritual values
(8 minute read)
History offers all too many examples of authoritarian rulers using religion for their own oppressive ends, argue Tiare Gatti Mora, Laura Magro and Hajra Rehman. It’s time to make a change.
Learning to disagree without being disagreeable in five steps … or rather in five fingers
(9 minute read)
Italian author and broadcaster Bruno Mastroianni offers a humorous but thoughtful guide to respectful dialogue using an unusual prop – the fingers of his hand.
Pretty Hurts: The cult of (physical) beauty in Brazil
(9 minute read)
When bodily beauty matters as much as it does in a country like Brazil, the cost can be not only financial but also personal. Bianca Costa Sales explains.
