smartphones
Snobbery is the best weapon against screen time
I can’t be the only neurotic mother to have rejoiced when the Princess of Wales revealed recently that she has…
My campaign to bring back real life
A new book by an American writer, Christine Rosen, details the way in which we are losing touch with the…
The psychological toll of being constantly tracked and harassed
With smartphones providing hitherto undreamt of opportunities for spying, human rights workers and investigative journalists are left struggling for breath
The rise of the competitive book list
I’m a hopeless technophobe. I dislike the stylish laptop I’m using and its subdued pad pad pad. I still long…
Keir Starmer’s parenting lessons
Before he became Prime Minister, Keir Starmer admitted he was concerned about what life in Downing Street might be like…
Why I’m fighting to ban smartphones for children
I am not often lost for words, but the five middle-aged homeless men who spoke at the Big Issue celebration…
Hollywood notebook
I wish I could be like actors and pretend to be bored by press junkets, but the truth is I…
In praise of smartphones
The online PE teacher Joe Wicks has announced, in a fit of self-reproach coinciding with the launch of his new…
Real life
‘My phone says I can’t go out until Tuesday, so I can’t come and meet you,’ said my friend. And…
In praise of privacy
David Niven’s younger son Jamie, now an old man and a bit overweight, approached my table and announced that he…
I admit it – I’m a smartphone addict
I am often extremely dismissive of people immersed in their smartphones. I tut at the mole-ish pedestrians who step out…
The power of painless payment
I am one of those annoying, mildly claustrophobic people who sit at the end of a row in cinemas. There…
Telling tales
Medea says ‘hiiiiiiii’ on the first page of Mallory Ortberg’s hilarious book, which puts smartphones in the hands of literary…
The new rules of dating
An American stand-up comedian Aziz Ansari, who usually performs in Los Angeles and New York, has found time to conduct…
I second that emoji
Why my generation has fallen for the smiley-face cult
A quiet revolution
What I discovered on a silent retreat
Letters
On Benefits Street Sir: Fraser Nelson asserts that people in charities do not want to talk about what life is…
Mobile phones with a touch of tweed
I wouldn’t worry much about the future of the British economy. Because I have a simple plan to make the…
Learn to switch off
Why not give your smartphone a holiday?
