Category: Love Week
Guardian finds use for Google Glass in Watch Me Date #LoveWeek
Seems like The Guardian has found a use for all those old unloved, first generation Google Glasses kicking around. It's equipped a number of couples with them and sent them off on first dates for us to watch and sneer at online. Called Watch Me Date, the 5 minute films (one a week) show various couples…
7 Telltale Signs Your Online Lover Is Actually A Scammer
Finding love online is a hallmark of dating in the 21st century. Many happy couples now discover that spark online, whether it’s via an app or an online dating service. But unfortunately, there are some unscrupulous people out there who are only too happy to take advantage of those looking to find love for their…
5 unusual tech gifts for Valentine’s Day for under £25 – including Thirsty Plant Kit and Alessi Fabric Shaver
Alessi's beautiful fabric shavers (above) are available in three colours for around £25 In case you’d forgotten, it's Valentine's Day on Sunday. Of course you could do the usual boring thing and spend it on flowers, chocolates or a nice romantic meal. But that would be rather dull wouldn't it? According…
7 books for book lovers for Valentine’s Day #LoveWeek
If you love someone who loves books, first of all, you’re making excellent choices. Second of all, the ideal way to show them how much they mean to you is to buy them a(nother) book. And not just any book. Here, we’ve selected seven of our favourite books about books for the ultimate book lover’s…
6 great smoky eye tutorials for Valentine’s Day #LoveWeek
[nextpage title="Next"] Although the joy of makeup is that it can transform even the most mundane of Tuesdays into a special occasion, there are some calendar events that just cry out for a a special lick of paint. And where Valentine's Day makeup is concerned, you can't get sultrier, sexier or more darned romantic than…
Five great reasons to change the way you date #LoveWeek
If you're looking for love, but it keeps evading you, you might be doing it wrong. That's not me telling you that: it's science. A host of studies have shown that the typical ways we try to date and mate don't always have the results we want. That's probably because our expectations about everything from…
11 ACTUALLY romantic moments from TV and film #LoveWeek
Forget everything you've been told about on-screen romance – here are the lesser-remembered moments from TV and film that will make your heart sing. (Nobody puts Baby in this list.) Say it with flours – Stranger Than Fiction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74S5aT3_AfM He's an awkward, lonely tax inspector, she's an anarchic tattooed baker... (very) unlikely romance blossoms among…
6 gifts for the person who can’t stand Valentine’s Day #LoveWeek
So it's Valentine's Day, and you've found yourself involved with someone who has an immense dislike for the holiday. Maybe they believe it's a sham designed to sell cards and overpriced set menus in restaurants, or maybe they dislike the societal expectation that a big romantic gesture has to happen. It is kind of expected…
After Tinder: Seven dating apps to keep your love alive #LoveWeek
You might've found the love of your life thanks to Tinder or Happn or OK Cupid, but that doesn't mean you don't need to use dating apps again. Now instead of using them to look for someone new, you can use them to keep your relationship fresh, track how happy he or she is making…
I did the NYT’s Love Questions with the man I just split from. Here’s how badly it went… #LoveWeek
The New York Times recently put up a list of 36 questions that can, in theory, help you fall in love with someone. They're from a study by psychologist Arthur Aron (et al), and snappily referred to as the 'Closeness-Generating Procedure'. In short, they're designed to accelerate intimacy, to get you to reveal the kinds…
10 scientifically proven steps to make someone fall in love with you (probably) #LoveWeek
All right, so the title might be a bit of an exaggeration: you can't force someone else to fall in love with you (outside of a Stockholm Syndrome-type deal, which we do NOT endorse). But you can optimise your actions and appearance to make you more appealing to potential partners, putting you on the fast-track…
