Are you looking for the best way to walk into a party? Does an apricot scarf match the dip of your hat? Can you keep one eye on the mirror as you gavotte?

Each week, whatever your problem, however many Scotches are required to answer it, John MacKay is here for you.

Ask Anchorman is his style guide for the modern man. Submit your questions using the contact details below.

Why is STV so much better at the news than BBC?

Stuart Robertson via Facebook

Anchorman says: I would have thought the answer was immediately apparent, but since it's not let me take you through it.

First of all, they don't have an anchor with salon quality hair, clothes so fine they make Sinatra look like a hobo and a voice that makes Wolverine purr.

They don't have the connection with the audience that we have. I don't know any of them who walk outside of their studios here in Glasgow and have people yell at them, "You're a total anchor!"

That's what it sounds like, at least, and it shows great regard for what we do.

I'm making it sound like it's all about me and, of course it isn't (well it is, but one has to keep one's colleagues happy).

Anchorman says: I do have many leather bound volumes, but they are an illusion. They're not actually books, they are VHS cases of everything I have ever done on air. Some evenings I'll pour myself a Scotch, open one of the cases, pop any one of these cassettes into a VCR, spend a few minutes unravelling it because it got stuck, then watch my performance and marvel at how lucky the nation is to have me.

My apartment can smell of many things. Yes, rich mahogany. Sometimes Sex Panther cologne (great for peeling wallpaper). Above all it smells of satisfaction. What does that smell like? Generally, Scotch.

Anchorman says: I do think that all sounds rather undressed. Pyjamas, yes. But they have to be made of the finest silk. Over that there has to be the thinnest of dressing gowns. In addition, there has to be a moustache cradle (if one wears facial hair - see previous #AskAnchorman), a palate for the mouth to prevent snoring and, of course, a hairnet to keep the salon quality hair in place. So pyjamas, but with a whole lot more.

Anchorman says: Pronunciation is one of the great challenges of the anchorman's craft. Scone can be said in so many different ways. Some people say scone, others will say scone and some even say scone. And that's before we even get to the place called Scone. I say scone and Scone and therefore that is the correct way to say it.

I've spent the afternoon trying them out and I have to tell you...what was I saying? Oh yeah, I come to the conclusion that I really don't care. Where are the shots? Cheers!

Yes. If it hasn't, get a double Scotch down you. If that doesn't work have another. Keep doing that until you don't care anymore.

Is spelling and grammar important to you?

Joyce Cattenach via Facebook

It's pure dead important. Poor grammar can cause chaos on the autocue. On Scotland Tonight this week we had "holy bogus" instead of "wholly bogus". Transformed the whole meaning. And let's not forget the lurking danger of the misplaced question mark. I'm John MacKay?

Email AskAnchorman@stv.tv or tweet @RealMacKaySTV.

John MacKay is presenter of the STV News at Six and Scotland Tonight. He is author ofNotes of a Newsman, which are his notes about being a man in news. He is renowned for his style, charisma and knee-weakening charm. He totally didn't write this bio himself.