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The July 19 Edition

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Paton and Arena at their favourite haunt, the London Chess Store.

‘I think chess is sexy’: How a teen’s gambit led to love

Beset by the blues during COVID, a girl finds romance through online chess – and inspires a TV show.

  • Jane Wheatley
Horror stories aside, what's it really like dating as a young person today?
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The Gen Z dating experience

Horror stories aside, what's it really like dating as a young person today?

‘I don’t date often’: Calum Hood on the reality of being a boy band member

The 5 Seconds of Summer member on the important women in his life.

  • Jane Rocca

My friend’s been unlucky in love. Should I tell her she’s an off-putting eater?

The truth may be hard for her to swallow, writes our Modern Guru – but a little white lie might work.

  • Danny Katz

Are our must-have love lists killing our chance at happiness?

Dating apps might say otherwise, but there’s no accounting for love.

  • Brodie Lancaster
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I worked at an escort agency. This is how it changed my attitude to sex

What started as a side hustle born out of curiosity became a window into a hidden truth: everyone wants to be touched.

  • Jade May
The Materialists, starring Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans (left) and Pedro Pascal, is about a tale as old as time: the love triangle.

‘They tap into desire, conflict and choice’: Why we can’t resist a love triangle

Celine Song’s newest film, Materialists, brings us yet another love triangle – something many people can relate to, but rarely know how to traverse.

  • Nell Geraets
Leon Salvaggio

Would you screen potential partners based on height? The dating filter fuelling an online gender war

Tinder users can now sort profiles by height, a move some say is excluding shorter men from the dating pool.

  • Nick Newling
Restaurants can offer really rare or expensive wines by the glass, although these can be prohibitively expensive.

I paid to have dinner with strangers and this is how it went

Keen to widen my social circle, I took a late-night punt on a group blind date.

  • Melissa Iaria

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