Dating

Why so many young people are turning to dry dating

People have turned to alcohol for a bit of ‘Dutch courage’ on first dates for decades – but now many of us are flipping the script

Life & Culture

Jan 17, 2024

Olivia Allen

Life & Culture

What does dating look like for young people in 2024?

This year, many of us are ditching traditional dating apps in favour of stricter boundaries and the pursuit of ‘real romance’

Life & Culture

Jan 09, 2024

Laura Molloy

Life & Culture

Can AI finally help me to get some rizz? An investigation

A wave of new AI-powered apps is helping people write dating app profiles, find compatible partners and send flirty messages. But is the answer to dating app fatigue more tech?

Life & Culture

Jan 08, 2024

James Greig

Art & Photography

Anya Gorkova Are You Seeing Anyone exhibition

Are You Seeing Anyone is the hottest date spot in London right now

Anya Gorkova dives deep into love, lust, and the search for human connection at their sugar-sweet, interactive South Parade exhibition

Art & Photography

Nov 29, 2023

Emma Elizabeth Davidson

Life & Culture

What happens when your AI girlfriend dies?

Thousands of people have been ghosted by their AI girlfriends after the shutdown of virtual companion apps such as Forever Voices and Soulmate

Life & Culture

Nov 28, 2023

Brit Dawson

Life & Culture

TikTok tests are ruining our romantic relationships

Trends like ‘the bird test’ and ‘the Beckham test’ are part of a wider tendency for TikTok users to scrutinise relationships in unhealthy detail

Life & Culture

Nov 14, 2023

Serena Smith

Film & TV

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Fingernails: a timely new sci-fi about love and AI, starring Jessie Buckley

Riz Ahmed and Jeremy Allen White also feature in Christos Nikou’s new feature, which is ‘about how human we are, and how much we are letting AI decide about us’

Film & TV

Oct 30, 2023

Christina Newland

Life & Culture

Hinge

Hinge is answering all the dating questions you've been afraid to ask

Following the dating app’s ‘Not-So Frequently Asked Questions’ platform, it has put together a report of its findings

Life & Culture

Oct 18, 2023

Life & Culture

Hinge

What went down at Hinge x Dazed’s NFAQ Live event

To celebrate the dating app’s Not-so Frequently Asked Questions platform, we put together a night full of panels, drinks, food and music

Life & Culture

Oct 18, 2023

Event

Hinge

Sign up to attend Hinge x Dazed’s Not-So Frequently Asked Questions Live

The panel talk delves into the LGBT+ dating questions you might be too afraid to ask, with a line-up featuring Shon Faye, Travis Alabanza, Kai Isaiah Jamal, K Bailey Obazee, Bel Priestley and Pxssy Palace

Event

Sep 21, 2023

Art & Photography

Karla Hiraldo Voleau, Another Love Story

A photographer restages her relationship with her cheating, narcissistic ex

Karla Hiraldo Voleau used an actor to reenact intimate moments with her ex-boyfriend in a series of images that tell the story of their relationship

Art & Photography

Sep 13, 2023

Millen Brown-Ewens

Film & TV

Ira Sachs on new film Passages: ‘My job is to pleasure the audience’

The director talks to Nick Chen about his new film, Passages – a sexy, thorny love-triangle drama starring Ben Whishaw, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Franz Rogowski

Film & TV

Aug 17, 2023

Nick Chen

Life & Culture

Unpacking our growing obsession with rules-based dating

TikTok relationship advice tells young, straight women that if they follow a certain set of ‘rules’, they’ll get the man they want – but in reality, your relationship status is mostly determined by luck

Life & Culture

Aug 16, 2023

Serena Smith

Life & Culture