Every week on 30 Dates I share any good date options I've discovered in our lovely capital city! Barnyard, Charlotte Street Charlotte Street is fast becoming one of my favourite parts of London, and not just because of the name. First off I was introduced to Barnyard, a laid back restaurant with a sharing style menu, offering all the fun of the farm! There's no hiding what you're eating – food options are split into animals ‘Pig', ‘Cow', ‘Lamb' and ‘Chicken & Egg'. Pick 2 or 3 dishes per person, they vary from £4 to £14. Whatever you eat Read More

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Tonight was the second episode of season 8 of Made in Chelsea, and it was time for us to watch Lucy's first date with Proudlock. As I explained a few nights ago, Lucy published a guide to Dating this summer … and I thought the best way to review it would be to see if she's following her own advice! Cue lots more funny facial expressions! So … Chapter Three … The First Date! Like most of Lucy's book the Dating Game, the advice in this chapter confident, no-nonsense and ballsy … but is Lucy actually taking her Read More

You might remember that over the summer I interviewed Lucy Watson about her new dating book ‘The Dating Game'. I never wrote up the interview into a full article, as to be honest it wasn't the easiest of interviews. True to her bitch-like persona on Made In Chelsea, Lucy looked 90 degrees over her shoulder as she greeted me, and the rest of the interview followed on a similarly distant tack. Considering she had just written a book about Dating, getting her to chat frankly on the subject proved impossible. Lucy Watson Interview I appreciate it's an odd situation Read More

Expectations are a funny thing. Sometimes you end up in situations where you have no idea about reasonable expectations. Take the UK Dating Awards, for example. I've spent my summer setting up the Dating Industry Awards from scratch. It's the first time I've ever set up a company or organised a national event, and I genuinely had no clue where to set my sights. As someone completely new to business, I didn't know where to set my forecasts or my aims. If the event doesn't make a profit, does that make it a failure? Should Read More