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6 hours ago · Time was, I would review this Blind Date column every week, but nowadays it’s very rare for me to do two weeks in a row. Time gets away from me, my brain doesn’t work on Saturday mornings any more, I no longer wake up still drunk, so the inclination isn’t always there.

I am obsessed by the Guardian’s incredible Blind Date column, which I pretend I loathe but obviously I love it.Aren’t you? Don’t you? Why ever not? Anyway, for reasons nobody can quite understand, I review the answers the participants give, and blog it for your delectation every Saturday morning, unless I’m having the day off, which is RARE.

Who are you? I’m a freelance writer and author, and one of the things I do is write under the name of The Guyliner – which began on this very blog, back in June 2010. 2010, wow. God. Why do y…

Feb 1, 2025 · This week’s lovestruck strangers are Holly, 42, an NHS service manager, and Johnny, 45, a product manager, both of whom look a little like PSHE teachers you would definitely feel comfortable coming out to – but they would probably make you do a chorus or two of ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ before the end of the little chat.

We talk a lot about the relationships that matter to us the most, and what happens when they go wrong....

Jun 30, 2016 · Awww, I did the ‘not a date’ thing for 4 months – FOUR MONTHS – before we leant in for the first kiss. I saw my own history wrapped up in this beautifully-told story several times (and I’m a hetero woman).

Nov 2, 2024 · Will the first date of November give us something to remember? Only one way to find out. Ducking for apples this week are Alan, 33, a marketing manager and on the left, and Robert, 30, who is a doctor and, obviously, on the right.

Sep 28, 2024 · I will be very honest with you, I am a little too browned off about Maggie Smith dying to be of much use to anyone this morning but then I thought what better tribute to an icon and a legend than t…

May 4, 2024 · Today, Scott and Maria, who look like they’re working the reception of a halls of residence and are about to show your first-born to the charmless cell they’ll spend their first year stressing, frotting, and doing mushrooms in. Scott is a 26-year-old teacher and Maria is 30 and a freelance graphic designer.