Years ago, I came across the most beautiful postcard of a gorgeous wild-garden scene, with the words: The meaning of life is…  The answer (if there was one) would have been written where the crumbled part of the stone wall was in the picture.…

Is ‘running off in secret’ something couples do to avoid dealing with complicated relations, permission, expensive commercialised wedding days and high-level stress or is the shrouding of the event in secrecy a form of magical intimacy?…

  Some of the oldest rituals transcend time because, when words can no longer express our deepest needs, we turn to the art of storytelling by imagery. This allows deeply significant symbolism to embed into our psyche. It’s akin to…