I've always loved awards shows, both watching them on TV and, on very few occasions, attending them. I have stayed up many times for the Oscars, revelling in their glamorous, opulent tediousness, waiting for one celebrity’s face to crack and their boredom to show. They never do, do they? They’re too frightened of what they’ll lose if they reveal even the smallest ingratitude at having all this luxury and privilege at their fingertips. But that’s showbiz for you. I love the stilted delivery of dialogue as the autocue grinds, and the...

It's the old gay cliché about being a mama's boy, but what happens when Mommie Dearest gets a little too involved for your man's liking? Richard writes: My boyfriend is very close to his mother. Suffocatingly close. He calls her every day and they are on the phone for ages. She lives locally so comes to see us often. I discovered fairly recently that she even has her own key to the house, which caused an argument when I protested. My boyfriend says I wouldn't understand because my own relationship...