Celebrity couples

Sometimes events in the news are so cataclysmic that the very fabric of the space-time continuum feels punctured. Other times, the news builds up stories to suggest that the space-time continuum has been irreparably ripped - last month, Brad Pitt’s and Angelina Jolie’s divorce got the space-time treatment, becoming seemingly the only story capable of knocking The Great British Bake Off off the front pages. In an age where divorce seems more common than ever, why is this still a big story? (Not to underestimate how damaging any given separation is to the family and those surrounding them). Despite decades of evidence warning us against it, we continue to put our faith in celebrity couples, and have our collective hearts broken when it all goes wrong.