Blind date
Each week, we fix up two Guardian readers
Blind date: ‘As Angela was heading to the powder room, she pointed to her mouth and said “kiss”’
English teacher Angela, 40, meets Phil, 52, a designer and campaigner
‘I think we inspired the knickerless couple’: the story of the Guardian Blind date duo who tied the knot, six years after that first kiss
Blind date: ‘Bouncers swarmed a table of guys near us and escorted one out, like in a gangster movie’
Blind date: ‘We agreed that neither of us has good table manners and that neither of us cared’
Julia, 25, a fundraiser, meets Isabella, 24, a Master’s student in data and AI ethics
Blind Date: ‘I showed too much disdain when he mentioned his friends working in the City’
Emi, 26, a trainee human rights lawyer, meets Hari, 26, a sports analyst
Blind date: ‘I made him pinky promise to say nice things about me’
Elliot, 26, a baker, meets Jordan, 24, a master’s student
Blind date: ‘I ducked under the table to put my shoe back on and he thought I’d left’
Ashley, 33, a doctor, meets Eva, 32, a buyer for works in film and TV
Blind date: ‘She told me there wasn’t a spark in the middle of the date’
Sonia, 51, a goldsmith, meets Richard, 55, an interim consultant
Blind date: ‘He gave the manager feedback on the food I ate, on my behalf’
Ella, 20, a student, meets John, 25, a civil servant
Blind Date: ‘He let it slip that he has a thing for writers’
Anwit, 32, a scientist, meets Kassondra, 33, a travel writer
Blind date: ‘I felt flustered at times – in a good way’
Birgit, 42, an academic, meets Solomon, 44, a healthcare professional
Blind date: ‘The middle of Oxford Circus might not have been the best place to kiss’
Nina, 25, a research analyst, meets Grace, 23, a production assistant
Blind date: ‘He tried to bond with the waiter – who was unimpressed’
Suzie, 23, a solutions engineer, meets Toby, 29, a barrister
Blind date: ‘We both grimaced as we gulped down oysters and pretended to enjoy them’
Nima, 27, works in fintech, and Maxim, 24, is a client success manager
Blind Date: ‘Is 12 a score?’
Ollie, 31, a financial journalist, meets Simone, 30, a health and wellbeing coach
Blind date: ‘His ex-wife had booked the same restaurant for her book group’
Peter, 70, a retired social worker, meets Linda, 73, a retired university lecturer
Blind date: ‘We completely lost track of time and chatted for hours’
Rebecca, 26, a senior marketing executive, meets Lars, 23, a journalist
It’s another Guardian Blind date wedding! How a lockdown love story ended in ‘I do’
During the pandemic, our matchmaking column went online. Naomi was in London, and Deej was in Nepal, but against the odds they fell madly in love… our Cupid tells their story
Blind date: ‘I was hoping to find the perfect plus-one for my granny’s 80th next week’
Agnes, 26, a classroom leader in a kindergarten, meets Tom, 25, a manager in a sexual health service
A Guardian Blind Date happy ending, the boy who fled the Nazis, and Philippa Perry’s advice on an alcoholic father – podcast
The Guardian lockdown love story that ended in ‘I do’; the incredible story of Maxwell Smart, who lost his family in the Holocaust at 10 and avoided detection from the Nazis for two years; and Philippa Perry advises a reader not to invite his alcoholic father to his wedding.
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