Petraeus was weak, but in America, our belief in romance, with its heroes and happily ever afters, remains strong.

FORBES: Were We All In Love With Petraeus?

Once upon a time, little girls were sold a tale of happily ever afters, tiny waistlines and idealized femininity that does not exist in reality.

FORBES: Is Disney or Bad Parenting to Blame for The Princess Phenomenon?

Then Godman read the blitz defence to chip over and send Simon Webster cutting back to the try line, Paterson missing the afters this time although he had added to Cairns' scores.

BBC: Ospreys 30-32 Edinburgh

This is the exhibition's point of greatest concentration, a fascinating sort of before and after, where the befores are seat-of-the-pants, coarsely done as if in the den or the dark, and the afters are refined appropriation, executed in ateliers of bright light and even brighter technique labels like Yohji Yamamoto, Alexander McQueen, Burberry and Balmain.

WSJ: Loud, Fast and Nasty | Punk: Chaos to Couture | Metropolitan Museum of Art | By Laura Jacobs