So … 30 Dates has hit Sydney! This week I finally made my way down under, after a very long couple of months working on the UKDA! First stop … Sydney. I was in for a treat – with local ex-pat friends and Time Out Sydney to show me around the city, I've been spoilt for choice. I thought I'd share some of my favourite spots with you guys – whether you're backpacking, on a romantic holiday, or a local wanting a new place to try. Cirque de Soleil – Totem I've always been a big fan of the blue and yellow Read More

Resident blog stylist Sian Miller was at the UK Dating Awards earlier this month … Please let us know if you recognise someone we haven't! Miss Twenty-Nine xxx Sequin trouser look This is the perfect example of how to a) dress up in a pair of trousers and b) how to make all over black look exciting! Sequin trousers are a great alternative to a dress or a skirt and still look just as glamorous on the red carpet. The danger of wearing an all black outfit is that it can look a bit flat but this is a great example of how texture Read More

I love romantic comedies. I've always loved romantic comedies. The ups, the downs. The twist. We all know the format, and yet we all watch on. Don't get me wrong, romantic comedies are great. They're brilliant, zone-out entertainment. But sometimes we need to be able to separate fiction from life. Does love always have to come with the crazy dramatic start? Do we always need to be the drama queen? I don't know about you, but I've always seen love as something you have to work for. A fight. A battle. Something which doesn't come easy. And yet, when I look at all my friends in Read More

As you'll have noticed from the slight dip in regular posts, apologies – November has been an extremely busy month! In April this year, I took probably the biggest gamble of my life so far. I saw a gap in an industry, and decided I would try to fill it. I'm talking about the UK Dating Awards – a project which dominated the last six months of my life, and which saw me living off 4 hours sleep most nights in October and November. I'm not an events planner. I've never been an entrepreneur. I've never worked in marketing, or PR. Until Read More

Back during my 30 Dates Challenge, I attended a Guardian Soulmates singles event, held at Vinopolis. It was almost 18 months ago, but there's one image which will stay with me for life. The hottest guy in the room, surrounded by a sea of women, literally waiting to ‘have their turn' to chat to him. A rather attractive, eligible woman, stared up at him. Her eyes wide and doe-like. You could see she thought this was it. The moment she had met her future husband. Meanwhile, the relatively hot guy (put him in a normal Read More