It may not have been the most dignified way of meeting new people, but it was certainly intimate - and it looked like fun.

Hundreds of singletons converged on London’s Bloomsbury Ballroom last night for an Eighties party - and to try and break the record for the UK’s largest game of Twister.

After much stretching and awkward positioning, and fuelled by bags of retro-style sweets, the record was eventually set with 652 people.