In 1847,securing your Valentine could involve a third person

In 1847,securing your Valentine could involve a third person

If you’re planning to pop the question on Valentine’s Day this handy pocket guide could just do the trick.

  • byTim Barlass

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Has the ‘midnight kiss’ survived the pandemic and other dangers?

Has the ‘midnight kiss’ survived the pandemic and other dangers?

With shifts in dating culture and a continuing “tripledemic”,are today’s revellers still longing for that movie moment when the clock strikes 12?

  • byGina Cherelus
Love,actually:How romance novels conquered the world
★★★½
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Love,actually:How romance novels conquered the world

Once regarded as mere “women’s stories”,this terrific documentary shows women at the centre of a best-selling community.

  • byLouise Rugendyke
We’ve fallen for TV dating shows,but what’s love got to do with it?

We’ve fallen for TV dating shows,but what’s love got to do with it?

There’s nothing authentic about dating shows,so why do we subscribe to the idea that the participants will find ‘true love’?

  • byAbbir Dib
We’re ‘the most adorable couple’,but we aren’t romantically involved

We’re ‘the most adorable couple’,but we aren’t romantically involved

When this man and I met and realised how much we meant to each other,we made a deliberate decision not to go there. And it’s one neither of us regrets.

  • byWendy Squires
MAFS is back,promising ‘love as you’ve never seen it before’

MAFS is back,promising ‘love as you’ve never seen it before’

It’s exactly as we’ve seen it before,but that’s OK.

  • byThomas Mitchell
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Why we should all hope the new Bachelorette gets her happy ending

Why we should all hope the new Bachelorette gets her happy ending

Brooke Blurton has a remarkable backstory – not that we’ll likely get much more than hints of it on the show.

  • byKarl Quinn
Brooke Blurton is the first;will a bisexual Bachelor be close behind?

Brooke Blurton is the first;will a bisexual Bachelor be close behind?

The 28-year-old West Australian is the first openly bisexual Bachelorette in the world - and Ten’s EP for the show says this could be just the beginning.

  • byKarl Quinn
‘Slow,but right’:the teen pen pals who met and sealed their love 25 years later

‘Slow,but right’:the teen pen pals who met and sealed their love 25 years later

Bendigo winemakers Paul Greblo and Karen Sorenson had a courtship that spanned a quarter of a century and the entire globe. Then they decided to actually meet.

  • byDanielle Norton
To imagine a life beyond loneliness,look to When Harry Met Sally

To imagine a life beyond loneliness,look to When Harry Met Sally

With over 13 million in lockdown and more single Australians living alone than at any other time,the romcom offers a comforting sense of hope.

  • byNatalie Reilly
Sexy Beasts takes deep dive into shallowness,comes up comically short
★★½
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Sexy Beasts takes deep dive into shallowness,comes up comically short

Netflix’s latest reality dating show claims to be an antidote to superficiality,but first impressions can be misleading.

  • byKarl Quinn