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Before I begin, I would like to apologise to you, my dear reader, as you will no doubt have been disappointed that you haven’t been receiving your regular updates on all things divorce over the past few weeks. I’ve been predisposed, but am pleased to announce that regular posts will be returning from today. During my absence, there has been, as usual, a glut of divorce related news has been reported throughout the media sphere. Rather than select just one topic to write about today, then, I shall summarise the events of the past several weeks both succinctly and nonchalantly:

• Dragon’s Den mogul Duncan Bannatyne’s on-going divorce is proving to be so expensive, that he will be unable to make further investments and appear on the next series of the popular show as a result. Well, that’s what the papers claimed, at least. The plutocrat moved swiftly to dispel these rumours, though he did admit that both his and his estranged wife’s lawyers were ‘costing him a fortune’. Should have called Quickie Divorce, Duncan!

• A group of solicitors were accused of encouraging divorce recently, following them having erected a large advertisement that encouraged unhappy spouses to contact them and discuss their options in Birmingham City Centre. One city councillor even went as far as to claim that the advert ‘attacked’ the notion of family. Reports of previously happy couples rushing to divorce courts throughout Birmingham following this advert having been erected are yet to be confirmed.

• A group of Swedish academics have identified that women who carry a mutated gene are 50% more likely to experience divorce than those that don’t. Apparently it’s the oxytocin receptor gene that’s to blame. Oxytocin is a hormone that encourages feelings of closeness and is released in larger quantities following a woman having given birth in order to help them bond with their baby. Unfortunately, a faulty receptor gene makes women less receptive to its effects and, according to researchers, struggle to maintain relationships.

• Finally, multimillionaire Henry Silverman has remarried just days after his divorce from former wife, Nancy. Silverman had previously attempted to use scientific evidence to prove that he had acquired his vast fortune as a result of his genius alone and that Nancy was not entitled to a penny as a result. Unsurprisingly, his arguments were rejected and the couple later arrived at an amicable agreement.