when keynes was young, he had romantic and sexual relationships with men. one of his great loves was the artist duncan grant, whom he met in 1908. keynes was also involved with the writer lytton strachey. keynes appeared to turn away from homosexual relationships around the time of the first world war. in 1918, he met lydia lopokova, a well-known russian ballerina. keynes and lopokova married in 1925.