Romance

Romance between humans and otherworldly entities is a common theme in fantasy dramas. It’s not hard to see why. It creates a natural tension, and it gives us a familiar emotion to ground us in an otherworldly story. Plus people like…

*This article contains spoilers for the Early Access version of Baldur's Gate III.* Everyone loves Garrus Vakarian. Not everyone loves Dr Liara T'Soni or Miranda Lawson (although plenty do). The numbers that like, never mind love, poor…

“This is not a love story, or at least not one where anyone gets what they want,” is the line The Half of It chooses to open on. That might be true by the end of the film but the conclusion to Alice Wu’s queer coming-of-age film suggests…

His head moved, his mouth glided up her neck with feather-light brushes to that hollow beneath her ear. Then something hot and wet… His tongue. A Mills & Boon romance novel. The style is pretty easy to recognize – and to imitate or…

Meeting people online just keeps getting easier. Forget online dating; social media, gaming, and fandom groups mean that the internet makes it a snap to meet and bond with people thousands of miles away. Some of these friendships, though,…

What happens when you have a film about a professional female race driver who at no point assists her bank-robbing husband as a getaway driver? A missed opportunity is what. And all this when recently they have honest-to-God babies…

If you want your relationship to soar to the highest echelons of couple’s harmony and satisfaction, take the taxman as your role model: When in doubt, overestimate the other person’s worth Assume that your partner is emotionally,…

Literary culture is at a point where feminist writing is recognised and celebrated. Feminist literary criticism and theory is now a college staple, and the work of feminist writers such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Caitlin Moran is…

When I walked into Galway city as a young adult in the 1980’s I always passed this man in Lower Salthill who would be leaning over a low gate with his belly hanging out. And I would ask myself “Who is this man leaning over a low gate with…

''Am I the only one who finds solace in the old days of romance and the warm comfort it offered, compared to the cold, hard face of today's hook-up generation?''So asks the Irish Independent's Niamh Horan in an article which, to put it…