Love stories - New Statesman

The Way We Were set the terms of my romantic life before I even had one

By Gerry Brakus

Too many people remain stuck in the sandpit, yelling that girls suck or that boys are disgusting.

By Marie Le Conte

Should our lives really change so drastically depending on our relationship status?

By Marie Le Conte

Millennials think women could do better than their boyfriends. Do they have a point?

By Pravina Rudra

Liberal young women have a prejudice we can’t justify.

By Pravina Rudra

As I headed to remote Scotland, I decided I would come back permanently changed.

By Lamorna Ash

Forget the ring or the piece of paper, elation at the sound of your partner’s key in the door officialises…

By Rachel Cunliffe

Whose idea was it to recreate the experience of online job hunting?

By Marie Le Conte

Sadim Sadiq’s film about a married man and a trans woman was censored in Pakistan – but has won acclaim…

By Ryan Gilbey

Deep and lasting connection comes in many forms: we need a new vocabulary to talk about love.

By Sukaina Hirji and Meena Krishnamurthy

“He got the mumps because his parents were anti-vaxxers.”

By New Statesman

Falling for two women has forced me to reassess the boundaries between friendship and love.

By Lamorna Ash

12 April 1913: Therefore, he would put it to himself whether he had not fallen in love again.

By JC Squire

Some argue that, with honourable exceptions, it is generally better for young, straight women to be single. I’m beginning to…

By Ailbhe Rea

“I’m not sure what Hannah’s gonna even say but I know what I’m gonna say,” says Adam to Jessa in…

By Anna Leszkiewicz

Why I adore it non-ironically.

By Stephanie Boland