Our society typically devotes huge attention to the start of a marriage - and particularly to the actual wedding ceremony. We're correct that a great deal of thought is needed somewhere. But it's the continuation of marriage that is - of course - the real challenge and here we are too often left on our own.

The Marriage Box is The School of Life's guide to the rest of a life together, containing twenty central ideas on how to make a relationship work over decades beyond the wedding day. It is filled with artful suggestions on coping with the monumental challenges that any couple will face as they build a life together. Love is ultimately not just a feeling but a skill that has to be learnt. This is the manual.