In an age where “success” is plastered across every tabloid, magazine or on-line gossip column it seems very easy for us to lose sight of what success is. We could argue that it is a fairly new phenomenon but if we go back to the 1980s without 24-hour access to people’s lives we could be forgiven for thinking that working in the city and driving a flash car meant success. And as we go back through time there are perhaps numerous examples we could turn to.