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• Guardian Blind Date Review: Pádraic and Josh

  Click through to read my review of this week’s Blind Date from the Guardian, which contains the search for spark, spoiler culture, shameful lateness, and the... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2017 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Guardian Blind Date Review: José and Tom

  Click through to read this week’s review of the Guardian’s Blind Date, which features a waiter trying to muscle his way in, the hitherto uncovered mysteries of... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2017 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Guardian Blind Date Review: Damola and Karen

  Click through to read my review of the latest Blind Date in the Guardian, which features a guest appearance from Sam Smith, a giant octopus and an insight into... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2017 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Guardian Blind Date Review: David and Mary

  Click through to read my review of this week’s Guardian Blind Date, which contains the word “funky” – said by them, not me.Spoiler: Advertisements Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2017 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Guardian Blind Date Review: Emma and Gervase

  

  Click through to read my review of the latest Blind Date column in the Guardian, which is heavy on veganism, books and bikes – but there is some snogging, so al... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2017 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Owner of a Lonely Heart

  We’re long used to living our lives in public. Even before social media really took off and we were all superstars in our own storylines, there were plenty of... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2017 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• ‘The Guyliner’ Justin Myers Pens Two Novels for Little, Brown

  

  A couple of things:1. I’m delighted to tell you that I’ve signed a two-book deal with the brilliant Little, Brown. My first novel, The Last Romeo, is out... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2017 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• My Word of 2016: Luxury

  I’ve seen quite a few people choosing their words of the year. Writing words about words – how meta. Most of them have been things like “Brexit” or “privilege”... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Guardian Blind Date Review: Jen and Jeremy

  

  Click through to read this week’s review of the Guardian Blind Date, which, for some reason features New Zealand quite heavily. Certainly more heavily than you’... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Why People of All Ages Have Lost Their Hearts to a Norwegian Teen TV Show...

  

  For the uninitiated, SKAM (or Shame in English) is a Norwegian TV show, aimed at teenagers, that detail the lives, loves and confusions of the students of a... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• ‘Tis the Season to Be Maudlin – Why I Hugged My Christmas Tree

  I have never followed the rules when it comes to Christmas, and certainly not when it comes to my Christmas tree. Unlike most children, I spent a long time... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Guardian Blind Date Review: Patrick and Giuseppe

  Click through to read my review of the Guardian’s Blind Date, which this week has salvation in the shape of two gay men who’ve had too much wine and are messy i... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Guardian Blind Date Review: Tom and Emily

  Click through to read my review of the latest Blind Date column in the Guardian. There’s an awkward hello, a mild rant about Waitrose and food-sharing yet again. Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Guardian Blind Date Review: Simon and Hannah

  Click through to read my review of this week’s really quite painful Guardian Blind Date column. We’ve got food-sharing, an exhausting dry wit and why you... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Is It Ever Okay to Abandon a Book?

  My latest piece for The Irish Times talks about the guilt that keeps you from giving up on a book, and how it can be liberating to free yourself from something... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Guardian Blind Date Review: Max and Tamara

  Click through to my read my weekly, inexplicable analysis of the Guardian Blind Date. Someone makes some odd prejudgements, there’s a shattered glass and – I... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Guardian Blind Date Review: Claire and Steve

  Click through to read my latest review of the Guardian Blind Date, which features a mild obsession with the London Underground, some pro-level friend-zoning... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Bloggers Are Not the New Pop Stars

  

  I had assumed it was all over.I’d been brushing off my darkest black, digging out my finest mantilla and clutching my rosary in preparation for the funeral... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2016 SOCIAL MEDIA

• How to Know If You’re Actually Good in Bed

  My latest piece for GQ looks at how to tell whether you’re as good in bed as you reckon you are. Warning: loads of noise and having your back scratched is NOT... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• A Clueless Insider’s Guide to London

  Social anxiety manifests itself in many ways, but one of my main triggers is being asked to recommend a restaurant. All of a sudden, I turn from a relatively... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2016 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX