Blind date: ‘The karaoke host got the crowd to chant “kiss, kiss, kiss”. We couldn’t let the people down…’

Ana Maria Rus

Alex, 28, a sports writer, meets Zoe, 28, who works in TV Alex, 28, a sports writer, meets Zoe, 28, who works in TV Blind date is Saturday’s dating column: every week, two strangers are paired up for dinner and drinks, and then spill the beans to us, answering a set of questions. This runs, with a photograph we take of each dater before the date, in Saturday magazine (in the UK) and online at  theguardian.com  every Saturday. It’s been running since 2009 – you can read all about how we put it