relationships

Meet the Dating Expert – Madeleine Mason

December 22, 2014

Following the excitement of the UK Dating Awards, which showcased a number of the experts and matchmakers working in the UK Dating Industry, Meet the Expert is returning to 30 Dates, with regular guest posts from some of dating’s brightest and [...]

Knowing When to Break the Dating Rules

December 11, 2014

We grow up surrounded by social norms. Accepted rules of dating. Some are common sense. Some have become old wives tales. Some are standard women’s magazine fodder. Others have been the source of huge financial gain to dating experts [...]

Female on Male Domestic Abuse – Guest Post

October 8, 2014

A few months ago on 30 Dates I interviewed Nikki Sanderson and Jeremy Sheffield – the actors involved in the Hollyoaks domestic abuse storyline and the related Home Office adverts. At the time a blog reader messaged me asking if he could [...]

30 Dates, One Year On … Miss Twenty-Nine

September 30, 2014

To round off three months of 30 Dates boys returning to the blog to tell us about their past year, I figured it was time I did the same! It’s my birthday. If I changed my name every year, I’d be Miss Thirty-One. But it’s my [...]

30 Dates, One Year On … The Ones Who Got Away!

September 29, 2014

Over the past three months, 13 of the 30 Dates, or rather 12 of the original 30 Dates, and the Skype Date, all returned to the blog to tell us what they’ve been up to in the past year. One found love in Vietnam and brought her home with him [...]

Blind Date Etiquette

September 5, 2014

Last week I chaperoned a blind date. It’s by no means the first blind date I’ve set up, but it was the first time I’ve set up a date where both parties were complete strangers to me. And I was genuinely shocked by the behaviour [...]

Honesty – My Best Policy

August 30, 2014

I’ve always been a big soap opera fan. As a child, the highlight of my weekday evenings was 5pm for Home Away on ITV, and 5.35 for Neighbours on BBC1! As an adult, the only reason I bought a digital recorder was so that I could record the [...]

London Date Ideas – Real Food Market, Live TV Show Audience & L’Entrecote

August 29, 2014

Every week on 30 Dates, I showcase new Date Ideas, and Venues I’ve come across as I learn more about our lovely Capital! This week has been a busy one, and I’ve been lucky enough to visit several noteworthy spots. I’ll start with [...]

New 30 Dates Cartoon

August 19, 2014

Huge thanks to the very talented ladies at Footloose Comics for yet another awesome cartoon! Miss Twenty-Nine [...]

Taking Off The Rose-Tinted Glasses

August 14, 2014

I have selective sight. Some people have beer goggles. Me, I get love blinkers. Or more appropriately, lust blinkers. I’m a hopeless, excitable romantic … and sometimes, as a result I see the world through rose tinted glasses. This past week [...]