It's 7:45, we've been queuing for almost an hour and we're nowhere near the front. My friend's loafers are failing to keep her toes warm in sub-zero temperatures. My other friend keeps wiping her runny nose on her glove, and another has lost the will to talk completely. We are...

Hello February, finally. And thank goodness (despite writing this from the confines of a thermal vest and an alpaca scarf). Last month it was universally recognised that everyone was morose, tired and downright fed up, with cheery encouragement coming at us from all sides. Sure, the bombardment of get fit...

So, the hotly anticipated, latest US import New Girl has arrived, and, judging by the very mixed reviews the show has garnered, it's caused somewhat of a Zooey-shaped stir. Reviews are divided, the twittersphere even more so. Just who is that girl?

Most of you will know her as...