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Devorah Baum

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Devorah Baum is associate professor of English literature at the University of Southampton and the author of On Marriage

June 2023

  • A newly wed couple in Hefei, China, on 20 May, 2023. This popular wedding date is ‘520 I Love You’ day – the pronunciation of 520 in Chinese sounds very similar to ‘I love you’.

    double quotation markFor better or for worse: is the decline in marriage actually good for relationships?

    Devorah Baum
    While some countries turn marriage into a patriotic act, it might just give us a radical new way to live our lives, says academic Devorah Baum

October 2017

  • A RICHARD ALLEN illustration for guardian LONG READ headlined 'why do we feel so guilty all the time'

    The Audio Long Read
    Why do we feel so guilty all the time? – podcast

    Podcast23:58
  • illustration for long read by Devorah Baum about modern guilt

    The long read
    Why do we feel so guilty all the time?

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