Conselho de cultura deste Domingo

'Please clear up the etiquette on when to kiss once, twice or not at all at social gatherings?

Ah, what a trial it is to be British in the modern world. In the old days, life was so much simpler: you shook hands with a stranger, or you shot him and took his country. Now every social gathering is a morass of potential embarrassments and ceaseless mental whirrings as you try to recall every nuance of past meetings, calibrate your relative social standings and arrive at the correct degree of bodily contact before your personal spaces intersect and momentous decisions have to be made. It is a nightmare. No wonder we're a nation of bingedrinkers. It is the only way to cope.' The Guardian