And so was the story of another successful RAG Blind Date. On Tuesday evening hundreds of undergrads flocked to the bars, restaurants and clubs of Cambridge, seeking romance, life-long companionship or simply a story to tell. All for charity, of course. Varsity crashed the festivites to discover a lot of love in this town.

Date number 1
Name: Charlie Gilmour
College: Girton
Subject and Year: History, first year
First Impressions? Beautiful, like a porcelain doll.
What did you talk about? Fate, destiny, curses, evil gyspies, LSD.
Any awkward moments? When I told her a gypsy fortune teller cursed me.
Fancy a second date? Yes.
Marks out of 10: 8

Name: Chloe (Queen of) Swords
College: Fitzwilliam
Subject and Year: Medicine, third year
First Impressions? Finally.
What did you talk about? Acid and gypsies.
Any awkward moments? When he said a gypsy  predicted he’d meet me.
Fancy a second date? Why not?
Marks out of 10: 8

Date number 2
Name: Izzi Savill
College: Fitzwilliam
Subject and Year: Classics, second year
First Impressions? Better than everyone else’s.
What did you talk about? Embarrassing stories.
Any awkward moments? Filling in these forms.
Fancy a second date? I’m sure I’ll see him around.
Marks out of 10: 11

Name: Max Raleigh
College: Magdalene
Subject and Year: History, second year
First Impressions? Albino (but one of the pretty ones).
What did you talk about? Not sure. It was so inane I can’t remember.
Awkward moments? Filling this form in.
Fancy a second date? You’d have to ask her boyfriend.
Marks out of 10: 10

Date number 3
Name: Cathy Bueker
College: King’s
Subject and Year: English, second year
First Impressions? A good-humoured, jovial fellow.
What did you talk about? Politics, food, families, studying. A wide range of topics.
Any awkward moments? Not really.
Fancy a second date? Sure.
Marks out of 10: 7

Name: James Craif
College: St Catharine’s
Subject and Year: NatSci, third year
First Impressions? Far more normal than her Facebook profile suggested.
What did you talk about? Troubled childhoods, politics, curries.
Any awkward moments? No.
Fancy a second date? As a friend.
Marks out of 10: 8 (She was very interesting!)

Date number 4
Name: Neeraj Patel
College: Fitzwilliam
Subject and Year: Economics, fourth year
First Impressions? Great.
What did you talk about? Korean pop.
Any awkward moments? Maybe at the bar.
Fancy a second date? Sure.
Marks out of 10: 7

Name: James Kemp
College: Robinson
Subject and Year: Law, second year
First Impressions? Great to talk to – lots in common.
What did you talk about? Korean pop music and ugly people at the bar.
Any awkward moments? Surprisingly not.
Fancy a second date? Yeah!
Marks out of 10: 7