‘I am 42 now and my children are small. The gin-soaked way doesn’t work any more and I’ve been too many years alone not to give this other way a go’

The first time round, author Maggie Armstrong left Tinder after three days — when the ‘carousel of weirdness’ got too much. Now, reluctantly back on the dating apps, can she wade through the shirtless selfies, rigid checklists and ‘paid features’ to find a genuine connection, or is it a hopeless quest?