1. It's clearly a black tie do but perhaps 30% of male attendees were wearing ties. Is the art of tying a bow tie now irrevocably lost? And why are people being allowed into black tie events improperly attired?

2. What sortt of world do we live in where that nonce Grayson Perry can walk down the road dressed as a female child without anyone knocking his **** it? If he'd tried that shít in 1982 he'd have woken up in intensive care, if at all.