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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Emma Loffhagen

The rise of speed dating — and how to do it right

When 26-year-old Minana moved to London in August last year, like many young single people in the capital, she decided to enter the world of dating apps.

“I went on a lot of dates, and I actually started seeing a guy for a while,” she says. “We were doing all this relationship stuff – we even took a trip to Wales together – and then he turned around one day and said he wasn’t looking for anything serious.

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