Love in later life can feel like a movie plot: a second chance after the judge’s hammer has dropped on earlier romances. Yet as the new West End revival of the play Shadowlands – about the writers CS Lewis and Joy Davidman finding love in middle age – reminds us, passion and companionship can arrive when least expected.

Here’s my Valentine’s wish for anyone aged 50 and over: may you find love again, (or for the first time) and enjoy those mythical twenty good summers with someone who makes your heart feel lighter. It may actually extend your life.

Romance isn’t just for the young – in fact, perhaps the opposite. This week, a new report starkly describes a collapse of marriage among young people, with the number of weddings falling from about 400,000 in 1973 to just 224,000 in 2023, even as the........

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