When Mrs. MacDoctor and I tied the knot some 27 years ago, we did not use the traditional vows of ’til death do us part. Not because we view our marriage as anything less than permanent, but because Mrs. MacDoctor did not particularly like dwelling on negatives like sickness and death. I don’t recall the [...]

An HoS article on the sexual incontinence of famous men and the curerent trend towards “polyamorous relationships” (viz. Sleeping around) opens with the question “Are men naturally monogamous?” This is a stupid question. I am well aware that most of the males in animal kingdom do not mate with a single female for life, that [...]

There is a statistical formula for love: Mathematician Clio Cresswell says that singles can increase their chances of finding true love by rejecting at least 12 potential partners before settling down. Now I know this is just a bit of fun, but in the interests of the nerds who will now assume that you have [...]

That’s it. I’ve had enough of the muck-raking piece of tabloid filth that the Herald on Sunday has become. Dragging “the goss” about Christine Rankin’s marriage across the front page is probably not as low as you can get, but it is certainly low enough for me. I will be canceling my subscription to the [...]