Kate is 29, Will is 28, which makes her bang in line with the average age of a first-time British bride and him two-and-a-bit years younger than first-time grooms. Since I got married in 1989, the average age of first-time grooms has shot up by just over five years, slightly less for first-time brides. That's a huge jump and the Economist cites social and economic changes like the sexual revolution and the changing role of women in the workplace as principle causes. But a similar jump has happened in life expectancy over the same period and I wonder whether this might also be a factor -- why rush into marriage if you've got more time to play with?
At last some humour in the referendum over AV
Very funny. I'm now following The Oatmeal but have never used #ff and now probably never will.
Fascinating analysis of what British journalists on Twitter did in February. Did the FT really not see anything from David Cameron worth tweeting about?
What's really nice about the Economist's approach is that they encourage users to share the graphic with an easy-to-used embed code snippet.
Facebook dominates the social networking world but it's interesting that of the biggest emerging economies -- Brazil, Russia, India and China -- all but India have dominant indigenous social networks. That could be a language thing. But that might argue for a stronger Spanish contender. And there is none.