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Why Date Nights are Important … Whatever Your Relationship Status!

June 18, 2015

As a serial dater, for the best part of two years I averaged 2 dates a week. And in busy times it was as much as 3 dates a day! Yes, I was writing a dating blog, and treating dating more like a hobby than a way to find a boyfriend, but it was a [...]

New Online Dating Sites and Apps I’ve Discovered This Week

June 9, 2015

It’s literally a matter of days since I compiled the A-Z of Dating Apps – a list of over 100 apps which I had to split out into 4 posts because it was so long. And yet in the two weeks since then, I’ve discovered another 5 apps [...]

Why I Bloody Love the South Bank!

June 9, 2015

More than once, this blog has been referred to as my love affair with London. I began writing it, rather apathetic about our capital city. I’d never lived here, and had been stuck under peoples’ armpits on Tube carriages one too many [...]

London Date Ideas – The London Helicopter, Bistro by Shot, M and Scotch & Soda

May 29, 2015

Every week on 30 Dates, I share the weird and wonderful date venues I’ve come across, so that you can hopefully get away from the local pub, and start exploring London to the max. This week there’s a full range of options, from flying [...]

Dating Advice – What To Wear On A First Date

May 29, 2015

This week I’ve teamed up with fashion shopping site Lyst to write 6 tips on what to wear on a first date! Read the full post HERE on the Time Out London website. Charly [...]

The Unspoken Rules of the Dating Blogger

May 26, 2015

In just over a month I’ll be celebrating 30 Dates’ 2 year anniversary. It’s certainly been an interesting journey – one which has not just changed, but essentially shaped, my life for the past two years. I’ve found [...]

Fancy becoming a Matchmaker? – Matchmaker Academy

May 24, 2015

Are you passionate about people? Do you want a career that’s more a lifestyle choice than a job? Do you want to make money by helping others find love? Have you ever watched Millionaire Matchmaker and thought ‘I want to [...]

London Date Ideas – Mr Foggs, Ask for Janice, Hache & Kettners

May 19, 2015

Every week on 30 Dates, I share some of the new places and experiences I’ve discovered for a date in London. Here are this week’s date ideas. Tipsy Tea at Mr Fogg’s I’ve always loved Mr Fogg’s as a date venue – [...]

The A-Z of Dating Apps in 2015 – S to Z

May 18, 2015

All week I’ve been covering the weird and wonderful world of dating with an A-Z of all the Dating Apps available in 2015. You can check out the three earlier instalments – A to F, G to L and M to R here. S is for an insane number of [...]

The A-Z of Dating Apps in 2015 – M to R

May 17, 2015

All this week, I’ve been exploring the hundreds of dating apps available in a four part A-Z of Dating Apps in 2015. You can read A to F here, and G to L here. M is for My Mate Your Date Brand new app, which launched last month in London with [...]