Someone asks me if I’ve ever broken my collarbone. A man wants to know whether I had pet chickens as a kid. One woman walks around the room, her phone flung above her head, the screen displaying in bold block capitals: “DID YOU CYCLE TO BURNING MAN ON LSD?”
I’m not at an initiation ritual or a bizarre press conference, but at London’s newest in-person singles event, Haystack Dating. Founded by entrepreneur Lucy Rout, its aim is simple: Make Dating Fun Again.
