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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Katie Strick

Embrace rejection, lean into romance and get off the bus: what I've learnt as the host of London Love Stories

A funny thing has happened, since launching my new dating podcast, London Love Stories, five weeks ago.

The weekly series tells real-life love stories from across our capital city, from Sliding Doors moments on the Tube to fateful 999 calls. My main fear going into the recordings was that it would all be too fairytale, too sickly, too perfect, for wearied Londoners slogging home in the rain wondering why they've been ghosted for the 18th time in as many months. Will only smug, married-up couples want to listen to these rom-com-worthy meet-cutes set among the streets and spires of the world's greatest city?

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