Impeccable Table Manners

  Photographs are unreliable souvenirs. The more time there is behind you, the less lucid and piercing the memories. You know...

Before we start, just to say that I'm in the Guardian Weekend magazine – home of the Blind Date column...

  There are only a couple of problems with being old, really. The first is looking it. What a cruel trick...

  I don't believe in soulmates, but I do know there is someone for everyone. And by that, I mean that...

  Thursdays are the hardest when you're single. Maybe Wednesdays too. Oh, you'd expect it to be the weekends, wouldn't...

  Do you remember when Sainsbury's supermarkets briefly used the slogan "Try something new today"? It would have been more honest...

  On a date, the very first decision you need to make as soon as you lay eyes on the...

  How soon into a date can you tell it's going to be a disaster? Usually, I'd know by the...

  It's occurred to me more than once that I'll never have those proud moments as a parent. I won't...

  I am not a romantic, I'm clinical and practical. I don't know whether it's genetic or simply that my heart's...