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General Election Tinder!

January 27, 2015

An everyday reality of writing a blog in 2015 is the regular stream of press releases I get emailed. On a daily basis I get press releases about everything from vibrators to pizzas. However today was a first for me … Today I actually [...]

New Dating Book Review – Meeting Your Match by Daisy Buchanan

January 22, 2015

I recently realised someting rather important about dating advice. If you’re giving advice to women, and you’re also a woman, you need to be approachable. You need to be real. Your problems need to be their problems, and you need to [...]

Online Dating in 2015

January 22, 2015

Last week I was invited onto BBC Radio Four’s Woman’s Hour to chat about online dating, and identify the key trends in the online dating world. Here’s some more detail on the trends we chatted about … Mobile Dating The shift to mobile has [...]

Right Time, Right Place

January 4, 2015

One of the main reasons I’ve continued this blog long past my original 30 Dates challenge, is the lessons I’ve learned first hand along the way. The thing about dating is that sometimes the lessons we learn are rather painful. And I figured if I [...]

A Lesson in Honesty – The Funniest Tinder Tale I’ve Ever Heard!

September 22, 2014

When you write about dating, unsurprisingly people want to talk to you about dating. And the thing about dating, is that most people have one or two stories of their own to tell! As I mentioned yesterday, I was at a house party at the weekend. [...]

Clothing – Your Personal Brand Packaging

September 15, 2014

We’re all being constantly told not to judge a book by it’s cover. And yet, deep down, most of us know if we fancy someone within a few minutes. It’s not just looks – it’s the way he carries himself, his voice, his [...]

#Timewaster

September 3, 2014

Dating advice revolves around people. Honesty, communication, chemistry – the concepts aren’t exclusive to romantic relationships, and I’ve spoken before on the blog about how odd it is that we break up with lovers, [...]

At Least I Know My Tinder Photos Look Like Me …

August 30, 2014

As I’ve mentioned a couple of times, the Friday before last, I was lucky enough to get tickets to be in the audience of The Last Leg. It was a great way to spend a Friday evening, and during the show a couple of friends noticed me laughing [...]

Dating in Disguise – The Anti-Tinder Movement

August 24, 2014

2013 was the year when the world underlined just how important looks are to dating. After years of trying to convince hesitant daters (especially men) to fill out lengthy online dating profiles, the world of online dating was revolutionized with [...]

Happn – The Next Tinder?

August 3, 2014

In the past year, the app Tinder has revolutionised online dating. As little as three or four years ago, online dating still carried a rather heavy stigma for many. People still suggested it was only a thing weirdos did … and yet when you [...]