A traditional remedy for heartbreak, as brought to you by Hollywood, noughties magazines, the theatre and your older sister, is as follows. A big pint of ice cream, like in Bridget Jones (Don’t binge the Renee way), a boozy night out (Sex and the City, many times over), poison (Romeo and Juliet), a potential Harvard acceptance (Legally Blonde; the prequel of which is set to air on Amazon Prime this year), and shagging everyone you know (source anonymous). The tropes are overplayed (apart from Romeo and Juliet — that one’s unique) but based in a historic truth.
Most people have, at some point, reached into the heartbreak armoury and deployed all the weaponry they see fit to use: a lengthy kebab-in-hair snog with a stranger, red wine-induced sobs in a sweaty bathtub, asking Mark from IT if he still thinks you’re fit.
