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Facebook‘s recent Year in Review feature, a chronological collection of photos selected automatically from the user’s profile and offering those which gained the most responses in likes or comments as ‘highlights’, has proved a disaster for some. One of my … Read more →

Like all worthwhile things, organising a post relationship fling often requires a bit of effort (particularly when you don’t want to resort to Tinder).

If you want to stick to better-the-devil-you-know, there’s always Facebook Messenger. Which is just how … Read more →

Ladies used to ask if the blog was true and then want to know how I met my dates in my pre Hot Danish days. Openings, reviews and events are perfect opportunities for a lifestyle journalist to find dates and … Read more →

A glut of books, claiming to be humorous, are vying for attention this Christmas. As a fan of his regular Guardian column, I rather like the sound of Tim Dowling’s timely – considering Christmas is peak divorce season – How … Read more →

The Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry has recently spoken out about the need for affordable housing otherwise the capital will become a cultural desert because ‘rich people on the whole don’t create culture.’ However, according to data from Rightmove, the … Read more →

Last week China celebrated Alibaba’s Singles Day, an extravaganza of online shopping that began as an anti-Valentine’s Day.

The event, created in 2009 by e-commerce giant Alibaba, smashed all records this year and now dwarfs America’s Black Friday and … Read more →

‘Why don’t you chuck away all those books and get an e-reader?,’ a friend asked, proceeding a recent move. And what to do with the boxes of CDs, which have been gathering dust in boxes for years? ‘Now is not … Read more →

Sometimes love isn’t enough, but knowing when to throw in the towel is never easy. It’s also hard not to babble clichés when trying to comfort someone who is going through a break-up. Sometimes the best intentions can offend rather … Read more →

First there was American reality TV star Kim Kardashian, who said her baby daughter with the rapper Kanye West would have to find a job and pay her own way when she is older. Now Karren Brady, a judge on … Read more →

Not much shocks these days. Tell a friend about the clothes cutting incident towards the end of one relationship and she’ll tell you about the ex who put her clothes in a blender; one friend has admitted to filing for … Read more →