Love is, of course, a many splendoured thing. It lifts us up where we belong, you might say. Love is kind, patient, all you need, the sweetest thing and never having to say you're sorry. It is also, London's Southbank Centre announced last week, the subject of a festival to be held this summer, which will celebrate seven of the most powerful types of love, out of the 30 or so defined by those diligent ancient Greeks and Romans. (For the other 23, consult a classical dictionary or more warily Google). The Southbank will host themed weekends throughout the season stuffed full of debates, readings, exhibitions and screenings of Brief Encounter, and the Festival of Love will end with the Big Wedding Weekend, in which up to 20 couples will get married or renew their vows in communal ceremonies.
But for those of you still sitting there mouthing "Seven? There are seven?" like Chandler Bing when he first learned the full number of a lady's erogenous zones, here they are:
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