TUESDAY 6 AUGUST 2019

Is there anything more timeless

than lying for love?

As more people find meaningful relationships online, others find ways

to exploit them. But apps aren’t responsible for the terrible acts

humanity is capable of, says Kristen Lepionka. The real problem has

always been that people are just awful

What can a 500-character description, basic stats, social media profiles and photos really tell you about a person? (Michael Wheeler)

One of the first mystery novels I ever read was Mary Higgins Clark’s Loves Music, Loves to Dance. This 1991
bestseller centres on a clever killer who finds his murder victims in the personal ads of a trendy magazine. I
was probably eight or nine when I read this book (don’t ask) and the little I knew about personal ads I’d
learned from the Rupert Holmes song “Escape”. But if he could accidentally go on a blind date with the pina

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