This little blog post has been rattling around in the back of my mind for a few months. Perhaps the idea has been there for all of the 15 years I’ve been writing English Wedding. Every time I see that posed image of a groom and bride embracing, but his face is obscured because the bride’s front and centre, it reminds me. Why are we treating grooms like they’re a backdrop? Why’s it the norm to hide grooms? I think I know…
