Remarriage more positive evaluations of their lives compared to divorced individuals who remain single. While divorced couples have a higher risk of developing a wide range of physical and mental health problems, remarrying may attenuate, but not eliminate, some of these health risks. Second Marriages: Triumph of decision over hope? It is often assumed that second marriages are riskier than first marriages - “The triumph of hope over experience” as popularised by Samuel Johnson in 1791. A new analysis of data commissioned from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) challenges this assumption. In fact, second marriages overall do consistently better than
Hope Is Important Steve Lamacq in 1997 that they felt that the mini album Captain was their proper first album and that Hope Is Important is their second. "We were a bit scared initially to branch out and write sort of ballad-y songs, not ballad-y songs, but you know what I mean. And we just went for it, really. Bob Fairfoull: "We were just doing what we did best, I think, at the time." Roddy Woomble: "Now we are really trying to change a wee bit, and lyrically, I supposed it is a wee bit depressing, but it's definitely an improvement." Roddy Woomble