Ties are going out of fashion and, with them, leadership itself, but it is when things are falling apart that we need authority most

Thanks to Hilary Boyd's new book and films like The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, late-flowering love is finally daring to speak its name

What would our world leaders and trendsetters do if they encountered extra-terrestrial beings?

Maurice Saatchi feels it would be a "monstrous betrayal" of his late wife to move on

We'd rather vote in Strictly Come Dancing than a general election, because we don't want to think. We'd rather just feel

It is odd to have such dual morality when it comes to self-exposure.

Figures like George Entwistle, who are not made for television, can appear weak and indecisive when they are merely being honest

Our national energy policy is big on emotion and hot-air, but small on common sense

They all know how to pull off the celebrity apology

The bald head apparently now represents potency and decisiveness, but shiny-headed men are still on the sidelines