Zimbabwe's cash-starved banks, and a central bank that has lost control of its currency, mirror challenges in other countries, including Greece, Malawi and Swaziland.

WSJ: Hanging On to Dollars in Zimbabwe

Inevitably, one looks in the mirror afterward and thinks, What have I lost?

NEWYORKER: Stiff Upper Lips

Mr Aydogdu, who admitted opening the door without using his mirror, told police he thought Mr Harding had lost control of the cycle.

BBC: Kenan Aydogdu outside the Old Bailey

Despite the rejected book proposals, the discouraging auditions and the lost elections, many a man or woman still looks in the mirror and sees a star.

ECONOMIST: Howard Gotlieb

In the brief twitterstorm (twitter-shower?) after the Mirror's scoop on Mr Miliband's departure emerged, I compared him to another lost leader, Michael Portillo.

BBC: Farewell, David Miliband