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Something we hardly ever get to talk about is where the daters are sent. Not that it's not fascinating – which...

We've all got a clapped-out Vauxhall Viva parked on a meter outside so let's not mess about. Today's willing victims...

I once knew someone who approached dating with the mantra "What would Madonna do?" It served her quite well for...

The trouble with a first date is that while it can be the beginning of something, it's also very definitely the...

"It's just like riding a bike," people say, don't they? Often. Annoyingly. "You never forget." But as anyone who's ever...

2016, we barely we knew you. And what we did know, we weren't all that keen on. Whether you're going...

It was my birthday yesterday. 41. Christ. Because my sado-masochism knows no bounds, I drank for the first time in...

December. A month of too-soon nostalgia, everybody winding down, sore throats, and retail panic only made more bearable because there...

There was a blackout in Soho yesterday evening. Everything was off: street-lamps, traffic lights, shop signs. Restaurants and bars were...

It's becoming harder to get out of bed, sometimes, to be a part of our brave new world. Life isn't as...