The ancient Roman statesman Julius Caesar divorced his wife Pompeia after she became embroiled in a scandal, despite there being no proof of wrongdoing on her part. His explanation has echoed through the centuries: “Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion.”
Has your idea of what makes a good friend changed as you’ve gotten older? A good friend is a good friend
There is a curious relationship between Donald Trump’s business career and his political life. It is a relationship built around an extraordinary talent for self-promotion, an appetite for spectacle and an apparent belief that the presentation of success can sometimes be more important than the substance of it.
In family law across West Africa, the validity of a proxy marriage where one or both spouses are not physically present at the ceremony depends on a critical distinction: which legal regime governs the union? While statutory civil marriages in both Ghana and Nigeria mandate the physical presence of both parties before an officiating officer, …
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Once upon a time, proving you existed required little more than a vicar with decent handwriting and a congregation that hadn’t yet discovered the joy of Nonconformity. In 1538 Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII’s chief enforcer and occasional destroyer of monasteries, ordered every parish priest to start writing down baptisms, marriages and burials. The stated aim …
