Oh wow I didn't even realise Olivia Colman and Penfold from Dangermouse were single. But here they are. Sorry, kidding.

For the uninitiated, Skam (or Shame in English) is a Norwegian TV show, aimed at teenagers, that details the lives, loves and confusions of the students of a particular posh high school in an Oslo ...

Funny old thing, love. We spend our lives looking for it, or avoiding it, or claiming to be incapable of it. It frightens us; it fascinates; it can result in fucking, or crying, or hating, or yearning ...

Fate has thrown together in the Guardian Blind Date blender of doom Imelda, 56, a local authority officer, and Jayesh, 66, who works in medical devices. Two jobs I want to know absolutely nothing more ...

I kept a journal for a few years, until last summer, when I got sick of the sound of my own voice (or sight of my own handwriting). At the beginning of the year, I started again, but on the Journal ...

This week’s sado-masochists are Emi, 26, a trainee human rights lawyer and Hari 26, a sports analyst. So, Amal Clooney and Richard Keys, basically? Perhaps? No idea. Full rundown is on the Guardian ...

Time was, I would review this Blind Date column every week, but nowadays it’s very rare for me to do two weeks in a row. Time gets away from me, my brain doesn’t work on Saturday mornings any more, I ...

or: – read my new dating column for the Lonely Hearts Club, The Myers Match – buy THE GLORIOUS DEAD – browse my older novels – read my newsletter – ig: theguyliner – theguyliner.bsky.social – TikTok: ...

For reasons best known to the Guardian, this week’s Blind Date takes place in Berlin, which, for those who were busy nodding off in geography or off school altogether doing aerosols through a tea ...

What a week, huh? Let’s never speak of it again. But before we Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind the last few days – or should we go back and do the last few months? – let’s spend an evening with ...

Know how I’ve clocked that I have entered my Hyacinth Bucket ‘era’? First thing I did when I saw that knitwear pairing was shift my eyes straight down to their shoes. What footwear would you wear for ...

My Guyliner blog is thirteen years old next week, and I’ve been reviewing Guardian Blind Dates for nine of those and, I must confess, I’ve been wondering whether it’s time to wrap things up. Have I ...