Private livesLife and styleMy wife rejects meWe've shared 20 happy years together but since my wife told me she was attracted to a mutual friend she has shunned any form of intimacy. The situation is making me deeply unhappy. What should I do?My partner and I are in our 40s and have been together for more than 20 happy years. We have two teenage children, good friends and rewarding jobs. I love her very much.
Biography booksReviewDrinking wine aged 10, endless parties and so many women ... a fine novelist who preferred good times to writing
The novelist Sybille Bedford is the patron saint of writers who hate writing. She described the actual act as “tearing, crushing, defeating agony” and filled her journal for 1949 with despairing accounts of “Thinking – Dawdling – Dreaming – Fiddling”, ending always with an accusatory blank page. Sometimes she tried to trick her muse by practising typing exercises, but even her typewriter seemed to get wise to this and she was left feeling “sick with disgust, discouragement, heaviness”.
History booksReviewThe story of the ark, and animals 'two by two', is so much older than the Bible: why was the myth appropriated?As Scott Franklin, producer of the forthcoming Russell Crowe epic Noah, has correctly pointed out, the story of the flood "is a very short section of the Bible with a lot of gaps". Unsurprisingly then, people have always been keen to fill them in. The rabbis laid claim to secret information that Noah had been kept so busy feeding the animals in his care that he didn't get to bed for a year.
The lakes of the world are disappearing – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Climate change and human activity are threatening the existence of some of the world’s largest lakes. These photographs document dramatic changes to the landscape in Bolivia, the Middle East, China and west Africa
Katherine Purvis and Catalin Trif
@KatherinePurvis Main image: Retreat of the Aral Sea’s shoreline from 2006 to 2009.
Health'My teeth moved so much I needed braces' – readers on how childbirth changed themHaving a baby is life-changing, but the lasting impacts of childbirth are particularly surprising, from altered shoe sizes, shifting teeth and night sweats to ‘flobbily’ boobs and better sex
My teeth movedOut of all the strange side-effects I expected to experience after birth, I didn’t imagine I would have issues with my teeth. One theory is that relaxin, a hormone released during pregnancy to relax the ligaments in the pelvis and to soften and widen the cervix, may cause your teeth to shift.
Ryan Gosling on Jimmy Kimmel with a very tight suit. Photograph: Randy Holmes/Getty ImagesRyan Gosling on Jimmy Kimmel with a very tight suit. Photograph: Randy Holmes/Getty ImagesFashionCrotch of the matter: to bulge or not to bulge?As Ryan Gosling hides his modesty on a US talk show, what are the rules about going full-on peacock?
Shuffling on stage like a geisha in a kimono three sizes too small, Ryan Gosling appeared on the Jimmy Kimmel show this week in a houndstooth suit and a white shirt.
Israel-Gaza warHundreds of thousands expected at weekend protests in London after Yemen strikesSaturday’s march for Gaza ceasefire as part of global day of action will be followed by static rally for Israel on Sunday
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to gather in London over the weekend in protest against the war in Gaza as the conflict widens to Yemen.
On Saturday, protesters are expected to gather at Bank Junction at midday as part of a global day of action involving 30 countries, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign said.
Club World Cup This article is more than 1 month oldManchester City crowned Club World Cup champions after Fluminense winThis article is more than 1 month oldMan City 4-0 Fluminense (Álvarez 1 88, Nino 27og, Foden 72)Guardiola’s men prove too strong for Copa Libertadores holdersPep Guardiola had hyped this occasion as the chance of a lifetime. Manchester City grasped it and now sit atop the globe, their era of dominance crowned by the one frontier they had yet to conquer.
BroadwayReviewJames Earl Jones Theatre, New York
The Broadway debut of 91-year-old playwright Adrienne Kennedy provides its captivating lead star with stellar moments but lacks insight
Ohio State Murders is a meditation on violence. Violence as in murder. Violence as in racism. Violence committed against Black people that is swiftly buried. The Broadway debut of 91-year-old playwright Adrienne Kennedy captures these realities with its vivid language and world building. But Ohio State Murders stumbles given its concealed retelling.
Saturday Night Live recapSaturday Night LiveThe Saltburn star’s good looks are the subject of too many skits while Rachel McAdams makes a surprise cameo
The first Saturday Night of 2024 kicks off with Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) holding court in front of reporters following his appearance in literal court. The former president crows about his recent blowout victory in the Iowa primary, congratulating “Mr DeSantis on a truly embarrassing showing.