For the past three months, to celebrate the one year anniversary of my 30 Blind Dates Challenge, I've been revisiting some of the boys who kindly took me on blind dates last year, and seeing how much their worlds have changed in the last 12 months. The idea for the feature actually came from the Fake Pimpernel, who wanted to share the story of how he met his girlfriend with blog readers, and thought some of the other 29 might also have interesting stories to tell. I immediately loved the idea – one of the great things about 30 Dates, is it's Read More

Last night I headed to the cinema to watch the much anticipated ‘Riot Club'. I love and hated it in equal measure. There were laugh out loud moments almost through out, something I hadn't expected from the violent trailer, and I also defy any straight girl to sit in the cinema for two hours watching Max Irons' portrayal of Miles, and not fall in love with him! I also hated it, because it's not designed to be a film you love. It's violent and vulgar, and hateful. And for that I applaud the writer, the Read More

Admit it … no matter how happy you are with your single status, every now and again the thought passes through your head … Sh*t, I'm still single! We're an impatient generation. With every answer at our fingertips, and the ability to contact almost anyone in the world in 140 characters or less, waiting isn't something we do well. We talk in abbreviations. We plan cut things finely and plan everything to the exact minute. Yes, the Brit in me will happily queue patiently, when I can see what I'm getting … but when the question isn't simply when, Read More

There's one particular question which has dominated many of my close female friends' worlds for the past couple of years. Those four infamous words. “Will You Marry Me?” So exciting, and yet often so dwelled up in advance, that the result is relief rather than excitement. I can't count the number of conversations I've had with different female friends, stressing over when their longterm boyfriend might finally propose. Before my brother and sister-in-law were engaged, she went on about it so often that the entire family knew her ring-size! And a close female friend of mine (who is Read More

One of the most important parts of 30 Dates is to teach singles to enjoy themselves, and that being single is something to embrace, not to beat yourself up about. With that in mind, whenever I interview a celebrity, I ask him or her for their positive views on singles life. This weekend I took Match.com's ‘Love Train' from King's Cross to York, with Radio One's Scott Mills in charge of all announcements on board. During my chat with him on the return journey, despite being very happy with life with his boyfriend Brad, he had a lot to Read More