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All Aboard the Match.com Love Train!

September 14, 2014

This year, dating event seem to be getting bigger and bigger! First there was the record breaking igloo up the top of the Shard. Then there was the attempt to break the record for the largest number of singles playing ping pong at one time. [...]

Tell Us Your Favourite Date Venues!

August 17, 2014

London is an incredible city … with lots of exciting options for first dates, thirty-first dates, and hundred and first dates! Each week we’ve been showcasing some of our favourite Date Suggestions, but we also wanted to open the floor up to [...]

The Art of Knowing When To Be Single

August 12, 2014

There’s that expression “You just don’t know when to be quiet!” … It’s an expression which often applies to me. I’ll always fill a silence, and the delay from a thought entering my brain, to coming out of [...]

Destination Three – Edinburgh, Scotland (The Groupon Guy)

August 11, 2014

Earlier this year I kicked off a second serial dating Challenge on 30 Dates – 30 Dates Around the World. First I headed to Dublin, where I managed not just one but two completely blind dates – one was pretty bad, one was a lot of fun. Then I [...]

The Body Hair Issue

August 9, 2014

So 2014 is fast becoming the year of the body hair debate. After a decade of Brazilian waxes, vajazzles and laser hair promotion, suddenly society has started to call into question whether hair removal is feminine, and why we all do it … First [...]

The Tick Box I Never Even Realised Existed

August 8, 2014

Last month I gave two talks at the Guardian HQ in London, as part of the Soulmates celebrations of 10 Years of Online Dating. The theme of the talks was Lessons I Learned from my 30 Dates Challenge … and trust me, there were loads! I [...]

The Singles Night Where I Thought I Was Being Punk’d!

July 29, 2014

So, I have to admit – it’s rare these days that I come away from a date or an event, and can’t wait to put pen to virtual paper. During the 30 Dates Challenge, I would often get home from a date after midnight, only to then spend three hours [...]

30 Dates, One Year On … The One With The Sign

July 26, 2014

Continuing the series of ‘Where are they now?’ type features on some of my former 30 Dates, it’s time to check back in with my first proper blind date of the Challenge – The One with The Sign (or TOWTS as he’s become [...]

30 Dates, One Year On … The Attic Mouse

July 25, 2014

This month 30 Dates celebrated its first birthday, and as part of the celebrations, I asked some of the original 30 Dates to tell us about the last year from their perspective. Last week I summarised my year since 30 Dates began, but what about [...]

Adding Alcohol into The Equation

July 21, 2014

I was never a particularly big drinker growing up. In fact, if you ask my friends what my favourite drink is, they’ll still probably answer Diet Coke. From the age of 18 onwards, I was the designated driver. I’ve never been a shrinking violet, [...]