"I remember once giving my eldest daughter two different dressing-up outfits for her birthday - a pri..." — Cathy Newman

Dyads are intense but fragile. The perks of mutual dependency can, in a split second, become pitfalls. Finding the right balance takes time and patience. You need to assert yourself, but not too much; compromise, but not to the point where you cancel each other out.

In Hepburn's most famous film, 'Breakfast at Tiffany's,' Holly Golightly is an independent, fun-loving young woman, in charge and in control - and perfectly capable of whistling loudly for cabs on the streets of New York. Yet there's a fragility about her which remains somewhat troubling.

One reason why so many people voted for Ukip is because the party leader Nigel Farage - despite having a public school education to rival his establishment rivals, and despite having five times stood for parliament himself - managed to persuade the electorate he was an ordinary bloke who'd stand you a pint (or two) at your local.

LinkedIn is a rather staid professional network, not some kind of dating site.