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Death to dating apps: Ash Sarkar on how Big Tech killed romance

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By Maddy Mussen
| MSN UK Verified
Ash Sarkar's disdain for dating apps has been simmering away for the best part of a decade. The journalist and activist had her first foray into the world of online dating around 10 years ago, when she entered the online meat market feeling like “somebody's country cousin who didn't know the complex city ways”. Her time on the apps was mercifully brief, but she still remembers the immediate takeaway: people here are dismissive and non-committal.
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Antony Szmierek: The 'pop poet' finding hope in British mundanity

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By Maddy Mussen
| AOL UK Verified
Antony Szmierek has always been a show-off. “When I was young my mum used to say — and I’m not sure if she meant this in brackets complimentary or in brackets derogatory,” he says, making the brackets with his hands, “that I should be on stage.” His granddad had harsher feedback. “He’d say, ‘Stop staring at yourself in the mirror!’” he laughs. But being a show-off is exactly what got Szmierek to where he is today.
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Houghton Festival 2026 review: This phone-free festival is an artistic, musical nirvana

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By Maddy Mussen
| AOL UK Verified
From the moment your boots hit the grounds of Houghton Hall, your phone is rendered useless. The rural Norfolk parklands that surround the namesake property – originally built for Britain’s first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole – remain disconnected from the outside world throughout the three-day music and arts festival, a deliberate choice by organisers who want punters to be “present”. Seriously, grabbing the WiFi password here is harder than breaking out of Alcatraz. And it works.
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