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For a large portion of my childhood, I battled the Scottish cringe. I was probably in my thirties before I felt I had it licked. However, a new strain of it has been unleashed, and resistance for this Scot seems to have been futile.

In 1880s New York, season two of HBO's hit period drama, The Gilded Age, depicts a tug-of-war between old and new money. As the latter is refusing to attend the illustrious Academy of Music, the competition between Caroline Astor and Bertha Russell (a fictionalized version of Alva Vanderbilt) hits fever pitch. Vanderbilt leads the construction of a new opera house that surpasses the old Academy in importance and grandeur based on true events. The Metropolitan Opera opened in 1883 and is still a fixture of New York City today.

As the result of his $250,000-per-year anti-aging regime, tech billionaire Bryan Johnson (left), 45, says he now has the heart of a 37-year-old, the skin of a 28-year-old, and the endurance of an 18-year-old. Although some believe he looks scary, critics have likened Patrick Bateman, the self-obsessed serial killer in Bret Easton Ellis' book American Psycho, a vampire, and even an elf, the eccentric man opposite me radiates warmth and love. When I ask Bryan, if he gets upset when people brand him a 'narcissist,' or suggest that a shrink be added to his long list of physicians, he laughs. He says, 'I honestly have never felt happier or more secure,' sitting cross-legged on his couch in his opulent, modernist £9 million mansion in Venice Beach, California, 'I honestly have never felt happier or more secure.'

ROSS CLARK: The United Kingdom now has a larger number of its people born outside of the country than in the United States - a nation that was founded by migrants and regarded as a symbol of immigration. The Brookings Institution in America's statement that no other country has such a large immigrant population as the United States does is out of date. Today, I reckon that a new Statue of Liberty should be erected on the White Cliffs of Dover

After a rampant seagulls caused significant damage to the roof and windows, a historic Grade II listed library was forced to close and may never reopen. After flocks of seabirds began nesting there, nearly $2 million is required to rebuild Folkestone Library, which has been serving the seaside area since 1877. After the historic public building was considered "unsafe" for employees and customers, Kent County Council (KCC) chiefs closed it down.

JULIE BURCHILL: This isn't a redemptive riches-to-rags tale in which I end up broke and humble. When I was 25, I stopped watching price tags, and at 63, nothing has changed - if I want something, I'll have it. My nearest and dearest will tell you that I am many things, punctual, spiteful, am amusing, but that none of them would ever say I was intelligent. Particularly when it comes to money. For a large portion of my adult life, I have been in the red, preaching the simple-come, easy-goal theory of financial abundance; it has been a rollercoaster for my financial journey. But as the fast ride comes to an end, I'll look back and marvel at how fortunate I've been. Why did I never go bankrupt?Why aren't I living on the streets? It could have been so straightforward. I wasn't born into money: my parents were factory employees, but they were very generous. After an experiment in which more than 200 'players' could choose to keep the money or give all or part of it to another, anonymous, player, a research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem discovered that there is a 'generosity gene.' Following DNA analysis, it was discovered that those who had a variant of the AVPR1a gene received more money than others. Scientists describe the sensation that people get after giving time and/or money for the benefit of others as 'givers' glow,' which occurs when a portion of the brain is flooded with dopamine, oxytocin, and endorphins.