Should ordinary people follow celebrities' example when looking for love?

The first step in finding a mate is saying it out loud. Announcing it to the world is good enough for celebrities, should we try it too? asks Rita de Brún

UNLIKE celebrities, lonely farmers and townies don’t often get questioned about their romantic lives by microphone-thrusting reporters. But that doesn’t mean the media doesn’t want to hear from them.

The BBC is planning a new show, Love in the Countryside, on which city and country folk will pair up.