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‘Will you be in London for Wimbledon?’ Tennis Player messaged me as he was boarding a flight.
‘Ooh, can you get me a couple of tickets?’ I replied, hoping my friend would come to the rescue.
‘I’ll try my best.’ … Read more →

I’m not good at goodbyes. When I was leaving my Shoreditch apartment, my local newsagent, who would regularly give me free sweets, started to get suspicious when I bought some bin liners. ‘Are you moving?,’ he asked.
‘No,’ I patently … Read more →

‘I can’t say I’ve ever felt the urge to hit on a girl walking home alone at night,’ Christian said. ‘That’s a good way to get maced. Though I guess you don’t need Tinder if you’re just picking them … Read more →

Once again my work life is beginning to resemble my love life (failures; they’re a cyclical thing). I’ve blogged about the rejection aspect before; and mentioned kind friends’ offer of help.

However, who hasn’t been on the receiving end … Read more →

There’s no doubt that we find humour an attractive quality, but do we find attractive people funnier? Exploring the science of humour and sexual attraction in the Guardian, neuroscientist Dean Burnett cited a study by Cowan and Little, which … Read more →

British women work the longest hours in Europe, with one in six Londoners putting in more than 48 hours a week. Apparently we’re prone to Competitive Work Late Syndrome; we’re trapped by the idea that working hard means working long … Read more →

When a guy, running for the tube, fell to the floor of the carriage with an ankle trapped in the closed door, I was slow to react. I was closest to him yet the woman sitting opposite me, whom moments … Read more →

Helen Kirwan-Taylor’s Sunday Times feature, Boardroom boss, bedroom slave, about Maestra, the latest bonkbuster by Oxford-educated historical novelist LS Hilton and its central theme of control doesn’t seem particularly optimistic about the relationships between the sexes.

Calling … Read more →

My long-term married friends don’t envy their Tinder-afflicted singleton friends. ‘Let’s never split up,’ Richard leaned across and took Rosie’s hand during a group dinner as we discussed the app that helps singletons (and plenty of non-singletons) get together. Izzy … Read more →

‘What are you up to this weekend?’ I asked Craig. He listed his duties, ending with, ‘I have to buy some more clothes, too.’ I’d been dying to give him a makeover; here was my chance. I offered my … Read more →