Nigella: The end of a fairy tale

Nigella Lawson's marriage unravelling is like the shattering of a fairy tale.

Forget Scottish independence or the economic recovery. Only two things are preoccupying my "serious-minded" friends at the moment, says Jenni Russell in The Sunday Times: Nigella's marriage and the latest survey on how often the British have sex. We're gripped by these stories because they give us a glimpse of "the hidden truths of people's private lives".

While we have never shared so much information what with tweeting, Instagramming, Facebooking, and so on we rarely tell the truth. Instead we offer "a carefully chosen edit of our existence. Everyone wants to be respected and to look as if they're making a success of their life." So we never admit how bored we were on a weekend break or how anxious we feel about paying credit-card bills.

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