For 40 years, Nicola Arkell Reed has been a brilliant matchmaker, with 11 marriages – and only a few divorces – under her belt
'Der shadchan hot a gantse vinkl in gan-eydn.’ ‘The matchmaker has a whole corner in Paradise.’ So goes the old Yiddish saying. I now have 11 marriages under my matchmaking belt. Between them, these couples have produced 18 beautiful children. There have also been a couple of divorces, but we won’t dwell on those. For as long as I can remember, I have had an irresistible urge to put people together. I find it really exciting making a match. There have been lots of successes – and a few funny disasters. I once muddled two Davids at a matchmaking dinner. I realised only too late that Annie was hitting on the wrong David, who was supposed to be happily married… My most alarming moment was when I set up my flatmate, James, with my cousin Katharine. My mother telephoned me and asked, with understandable concern, ‘Are you sure you...
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