Mad Men is back after a 10-month absence, relying, as ever, on the power of suggestion to tell us what has been happening to our characters since we last saw them, rather than crude recaps. Exposition is for losers.

In the middle of all the usual talk about Don Draper's...

Dear you,

You've no idea how difficult this is to write. After a lot of soul-searching, I decided the only way I could truly express myself and exorcise myself of the brutal demons which torture me is to put everything down on paper (well, on a computer screen and keyboard...

Harry Styles: the thinking woman's sexually active manchild. Coo as he poses in a photoshoot sporting a tasteful pastel pullover and clutching a puppy! Gasp in awe as he goes mooching around his local Tesco with his latest squeeze! And then think "WTF?" when you open up your newspaper to...

Most of us can agree that the candid pictures taken of Kate Middleton and Prince William on holiday last week were an invasion of privacy. Even the staunchest of republicans would struggle to see the justification of a photographer, crouching seedily at the side of the road, pointing a camera...

The last firework has fizzed; London 2012 is over. It is only right there should be a sense of deflation after such a large event. This summer has been all-consuming for the UK, and Londoners in particular. The Queen's Diamond Jubilee, Wimbledon, the Olympics, and finally, the Paralympics have left...

It's human nature to poke our noses into other people's relationships. Whether it's the noisy couple from next door, our adulterous cousins or red carpet-bothering A-listers, we can't resist passing judgement at the love matches of others. Even the biggest celebrity gossip refusenik would have been aware of one supposedly...