Machine learning may be able to accurately predict what I might be interested in watching next on Netflix, but can we trust AI to pick who I might want to be friends with, or even love?

Reading can be a (welcome) solitary exercise, but have you ever got to the end of a book and thought: what am I suppose to make of that? Discussing books, stories and ideas in person is what can really get the creative juices flowing - and you can perhaps even make new friends.

Tech platforms used to be viewed positive forces making all of our lives better, offering us free to access services that connected us with our friends and work colleagues. Now some platforms are viewed as places that at best distract us, and worst feed us negative - even dangerous - content. What’s the right way to view their role in our lives?

Whilst dating apps should instead perhaps be called ‘introduction apps’, as they allow you to date outside your network, people are becoming more concerned about the kind of people you can meet on apps. What kind of person are they really, are we going to be a good match?

Should we lament the death of nightclubs and traditionally alcohol-fueled venues, or are they as old-fashioned and irrelevant as mirrored disco dancehall (except if you are in Reflex) is today? What can (and should) the government do to protect our social infrastructure, or should we just let nature take its course?

We all experience loss during the course of our lives, but it takes a certain level of bravery to seek out a stranger to better understand the nature of your loss (love, death, work etc) and how to take control and come to terms with it. The transient nature of modern love, especially if facilitated by apps, can mean that the sting of relationship loss can become all too familiar.

In our modern society, we have unparalleled access to other like-minded people and limitless potential for social connection through technological platforms. Yet, are they hampering the making of genuine connections?

Wit is often difficult (and sometimes dangerous) to get across online, where tone, timing and accentuation are lost. I speak to two comedians on how humour can win you love.

I look at what our seemingly increasing addiction to screens and online platforms has done to us when engaging in personal relationships.

Has the constant diet of schmatlz and heart-warming fairytales piped in from LA affected our romantic culture in the UK, and if so - is that a problem?