When I first met the Rugby Boy, a boyfriend was the farthest thing from my mind. I was three weeks away from the UK Dating Awards, plus working three days a week for Time Out. I barely had a minute to myself, and was averaging about 5 hours sleep a night. To top it all off, as soon as the Awards were over, I was planning six weeks on the opposite side of the world. Six weeks to recuperate, and ‘date Down Under' as part of my 30 Dates Around the World challenge … It's cliche, but Read More

Every week on 30 Dates, we welcome different members of the dating industry to write guest posts. This week relationship coach Laura Yates joins us to discuss break-ups. Dating After a Break-Up When it comes to break-ups, there's a lot of talk about when to feel ‘ready' to get back out dating. Dating and getting into a new relationship are two very different things though, which is why it does no harm to start dating again even if you don't feel ready for anything too full on. I'm certainly not saying that you shouldn't focus on yourself after a breakup, Read More

This week I took the Rugby Boy to one of my favourite London date venues – somewhere I haven't visited since Date Number 12 of 30 with The Enigma. So would my ‘winning' boy love the ‘winning date' as much as I did? She Says A date at Dans Le Noir is not for the faint hearted. You need to be up for an adventure. For a start, you don't pick dishes, you pick a colour. Red for meat, Green for vegetarian, Blue for fish, and White for a surprise. And then there's the darkness, and Read More

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 requested a press release from a company! Because I spotted this on Twitter … and thought it was hilarious! In order to plug their General Election betting, and mark 100 days before election day, Betfair staged a rather fun test to predict who will get the young adult vote. Using pictures of the four major party leaders Read More

Tuesday 3rd – Date in a Dash – Speed Dating, SO UK, Clapham. 40-52. £20. Original Speed Dating – Sugar Cane, Clapham Junction. 7pm. 23 to 35. £20. (Weekly event) Wednesday 4th – Passionsmiths – Escaping Singledom Seminar – UCL – £20 Date in a Dash – Speed Dating, Babble, City of London. 24-36. £20. Lovestruck – Patch Bar, St Pauls. 5pm til late. No age limit. FREE. Pop Up Speed Dating – Pre Valentines Singles Party – Home House Private Members Club. 7.30pm. £25 Original Dating – Thirties Speed Dating. Black & Blue, Mortimers Bar. 7pm. Ages 30-38. £25. (Weekly event) Thursday Read More