I’ve got a new book out this week, which is why I’m sitting here on a Saturday morning typing up this lovely review – promo never sleeps, guys. On the operating table today we have ...

After last week’s Belfast fairy-tale, the magical month of March finds us back in London, projecting our misguided need for love and happiness in troubled times on Yukari, 29, a freelance motion ...

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 ...

Saturday 27 May 2017 came at the end of a bad week. Just a few days earlier, there had been a terrorist attack on the Manchester Arena in which 23 people died. Many of us were feeling shocked, ...

Fate has thrown together in the Guardian Blind Date blender of doom Imelda, 56, a local authority officer, and Jayesh, 66, who works in medical devices. Two jobs I want to know absolutely nothing more ...

You know when people who aren’t famous or popular enough to have advanced features on Instagram say things like, “link in bio”? This is like that. Here are those links!

In these serious times, there is a feeling of guilt attached to frivolity. A sense, perhaps, that you’re playing MarioKart while Rome frazzles. Political intrigue has rendered showbiz gossip ...

What a week, huh? Let’s never speak of it again. But before we Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind the last few days – or should we go back and do the last few months? – let’s spend an evening with ...

Mid-February looms, pink hearts and helium balloons festoon shop windows and Moonpig have cancelled all staff leave – Valentine’s Week is upon us. What are you doing for it? Sitting in a Frankie & ...

Please buy my books so I can be a successful author and die of something more interesting than starvation or boredom. • Junior and Lizzie ate at Namaaste Highgate, London N6 before lockdown 2. They ...

The next edition of my newsletter The truth about everything* goes out at 00:01 on Wednesday 27 October. It’s on why we like Adele even if we’re not fans of her ...

August! The cigarette-end of summer! Last chance to find a regular ride before magazines start banging on about cuffing season and making you feel like a hideous walrus for still being single!