Q. After Silvio Berlusconi's antics, are orgies now a little bit pass?
A. It would be a brave or foolish man who chose to emulate the dye-jobbed Italian premier's predilection for "bunga bunga" (a phrase, by the way, that has unhappy roots in sexual assault and cannibalism, if some etymologies are to be believed). That's not to say that orgies are over altogether, but Berlusconi's activities have left organised group activity hung with a tawdry air. Easy and open relationships, with one or several lovers, are far more de nos jours.