The Guyliner

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• Chris and Tania

  

  The samey sameness of 2020 lumbers on, humans left catatonic and unshockable as what would once have been life-changing stuff happens before our eyes, so much... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2020 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Murderers Are Not Celebrities

  

  An infamous Yorkshireman died recently. Friday the 13th, how fitting. You know his name, so I don't need to say it, and you know what he did, so I don't really... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2020 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Lizzi and Junior

  

  It's a grey day. Luckily there have been a few rainbow sparkles and unicorn sightings since we last saw each other - election results, vaccines, and a couple... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2020 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Freddy and Rufus

  Here we are, back in lockdown. We should at least make hay while the sun shines, by which I mean, before the Zoom dates return. This week on the chopping... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2020 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• #SignForOurBookshops

  

  You may already be aware that the marvellous Holly Bourne has come up with an ingenious way to help UK bookshops during this second lockdown - the... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2020 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Ruby and Alex

  Imagine being 24, decent-looking, with your future lying ahead of you, exciting and mysterious and certain to contain lots of utility bills and phone calls to... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2020 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Tony and Kieran

  

  I had planned to be somewhere else today: offline. But just as the bat signal compels Bruce Wayne to slip down to his strange dungeon and heave on his... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2020 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Convenience Store Hero

  

  When I was 17, I got a job in a supermarket. I often say it was my favourite or second-favourite job I've ever had, depending on how generous I'm feeling... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2020 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Sarah and Matt

  

  I must confess, there are some days I don't feel like sitting here and typing these out. It's Saturday, you know? Some days, the Weekend magazine's Blind Date... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2020 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Kaisa and Rivkah

  

  Today's Guardian Blind Date features Kaisa, a 24-year-old research analyst and freelance writer, who has put on her shiniest DMs to share an aubergine and... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2020 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Ben and Fiona

  

  Has anyone contacted the government directly and warned them about the consequences of a full lockdown? That we will once again be forced back onto Zoom... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2020 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Ella and Josh

  

  The news has been so relentlessly depressing this week I don't think I can even bring myself to do my usual vaguely topical or observational intro into the... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2020 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Jack and Francine

  

  What I have 'enjoyed' most about the deathless debate around returning to offices is the wilful ignorance by both the people trying to encourage us to hot-desk... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2020 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• The Music Behind The Magnificent Sons

  

  As you may know, my second novel THE MAGNIFICENT SONS came out on hardback on 6 August. It tells the story of two brothers who don't really get on but come out... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2020 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Laura and Zachary

  Well, look! Only last week I was complaining that the lockdown era Zoom dates were losing their lustre - not that they had much of a shine to lose tbh, is... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2020 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Pete and Claire

  

  So we soldier on gamely with the virtual Blind Dates, pretending - much like the cast in the last season of The Good Place - that everything is fine and that... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2020 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Eleanor and Anushrut

  

  Before we begin, time to shill for... myself. The pandemic has, to put it lightly, somewhat hampered my promotional campaign for The Magnificent Sons. It's a... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2020 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Forever

  I have tasted immortality, briefly had the power of the universe running right through me, and known what it was to feel forever at your fingertips. Just once. ... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2020 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Matt and Adam

  

  My book is out 6 August. Please buy it. There is a certain lack of jeopardy with these blind dates happening over Zoom, isn't there? If the date turns out to... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2020 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX

• Ros and Emily

  I think we can all agree this pandemic situation has been one of the most bonkers times in our lives - second only to that inexplicable period when Daniel and... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2020 DATING, LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX