“Have we all been ruined by romcoms?” asks screenwriter Jemima Khan. “Do our fantastical romantic expectations see us looking for all the wrong things in all the wrong directions?”
In an age of dating apps where there are endless options only a swipe away, and a sense that matches are disposable, finding a genuine connection can feel for many like a far-flung possibility.
However, for centuries, many cultures have looked to their families to help find a suitable partner and organise an arranged or assisted marriage, a concept which is still widely practised across the globe.
