Jodie Haydon and Kirilly Dutton

Brave faces,big smiles,long hours:Who’d be a campaign wife?

Both relationships began in ordinary ways - a drink at a pub - but both Jodie Haydon,Albanese’s fiancee,and Kirilly Dutton have signed up for lives under extraordinary pressure.

  • Jordan Baker

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George Clooney says he has never had a fight with Amal,his wife of 10 years.

‘We’re trying to find something to fight about.’ Is it possible some couples don’t fight?

Actor George Clooney claims he has “never,ever” had a fight with his wife,human rights lawyer Amal Clooney. Three marriage counsellors weigh in on the good,the bad and the ugly in conflict resolution.

  • Robyn Willis
Taking time out from a marriage comes with risks,as a selection of new books explores.

Why is everyone talking about ‘marriage sabbaticals’ right now?

For those in long-term relationships,the idea of taking time out is appealing. In reality,it’s a risky venture that comes with its own rewards and challenges.

  • Karen Heller

The early heartbreak that prepared Mark Trevorrow for ‘gay life’

He was working as a copy boy at The Sun newspaper at the time.

  • Robyn Doreian
Comedian Ruby Wax

‘I went out with a lot of gay men. I even married one’:Ruby Wax

The comedian,who’s touring Australia,shares her celebrity crushes,and the actor whose death still affects her.

  • Jane Rocca
Sara Pascoe has had several male mentors in comedy,including actor Andy Park.

I decided to stop dating in my 30s to figure out who I was. Then I met my husband

Before she married fellow comedian,Australian Steen Raskopoulos,Sara Pascoe took a few years off dating to ‘figure out who I was’.

  • Jane Rocca
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After 10 years,a marriage deserves an honest and unflinching appraisal

He was a first-time groom whose dying dad had looked at my stats sheet and warned him:“Be careful,son.”

  • Kate Halfpenny
Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts in 2016,the year they announced the end of their 11-year marriage. They have maintained an amicable relationship.

‘We’re still good friends’. Can you really have a ‘good’ divorce?

Second only to the death of a spouse as the most stressful event to go through in life,the breakdown of a marriage is notoriously traumatic. But does it have to be this way?

  • Mercedes Maguire
Married twice,Bob Geldof says he’s a “one-woman man”.

‘Paula and I had a profound connection’:the women in Bob Geldof’s life

The musician and activist names the thing he finds “comforting and sexy” about a woman,and why he never takes it for granted.

  • Jane Rocca
When Meghan Markle married Prince Harry in 2018,she was given the title the Duchess of Sussex. Royal experts are split whether she can use Sussex as her surname.

Markle or Sussex? The debate over Meghan’s last name

On With Love,Meghan,she corrected guest Mindy Kaling,but not everyone is convinced the Duchess of Sussex is using the right name.

  • Gina Cherelus