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You wait for an article on longevity to come along and, like buses, three come along at once.

I can understand why baristas in Starbucks speak to you like a robot. It makes the queue go down quicker if they can rattle of simple questions that everyone and their dog can give formulaic answers to.

Google, the sewing machine and The Terminator all have one thing in common: they were all inspired by dreams.

They say bring your whole self to work, and today I seem to be taking that literally.

A new report by a French organisation has defined what it means to be ‘rich’ and how many people that includes.

Back in the days of vaccine passports, I had to get mine printed out because the app wasn’t working. Little did I know that the download would include every single jab I’d ever had.

When did you last check your phone for the time, forget what it was you were checking, and become distracted by something else entirely?

Doubt. One of the seven deadly sins. Or seven dwarfs. Can’t remember which. But it can come at any point.

I have a fun task for you: Put the word ‘askew’ into Google and see what you get.

If you’re a successful and enduring rock band about to go on tour, you might look forward to being supported by a big-name sponsor such as Redbull, Adidas or Virgin. But you can’t always get what you want.

If you were offered Megrim sole or Cornish sole in a restaurant, which would you choose?

Do you remember your first brush with everyday technology? The first computer I met face-to-face was the BBC Micro, primary school, 1984. I was largely unimpressed

We’ve had gastro porn, property porn and, well, porn porn, I suppose, back in the day. But there’s a new porn in town.

Apparently, there’s a specific correlation between the popularity of cocktails and economic inequality.

‘A ploughman's lunch is an English cold meal based around bread, cheese and onions, usually accompanied by butter and pickle.’