The inferior intercavernous sinus (IIS), which was located at the anterior-inferior edge of the junction of the anterior and posterior pituitary gland, was mostly presented as a crescentiform or oval shape (Fig 2).

Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.

Agreeing to locate advertisements in advantageous places, they agreed also to carry a certain amount of material in “home-set” print in the news and editorial columns.

They were all buzzing around in their gardens and their homes, DIY-ing and barbecuing.