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According to research, people secretly crave deeper conversations with strangers. However, they’re more likely to stick to small talk.

How did you spend your Whatsapp-free night on Monday? It was like a gift. I learnt Mandarin and found a cure for cancer. I’m exaggerating of course, but without the pings and pongs, my evening was transformed.

Do you never feel as if you have enough time for yourself? Be careful what you wish for because there may be a limit to how much free time is good for us.

Have you been on a submarine lately? I have. I’ve been aboard Trident’s HMS Vigil via tense BBC drama Vigil. It’s as immersive as it gets. Submersive if you will.

Recruitment has changed since my day. There was a time when these sorts of questions were the norm.

When did you last hear a mobile phone ring? The sound of mobiles ringing could become obsolete as young people increasingly turn their phones to silent.

That great hunky chunk of actor Daniel Craig is facing the ultimate first-world dilemma: what to do with his fortune, and particularly, whether to hand it down to his kids or not.

We’re all digital now, as John Prescott might say. But could this become a negative?

A tiny village in Spain is threatened by the rise of social media. They chose to combat it in an interesting way...

Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement. So says James Clear.

Welcome to The Naked Adviser. Do you like the new look?

I’ve done it. I’ve killed the Friday email. Why? It was so much fun. Well, party time is over folks. Just kidding.

Nostalgia (noun)nos·tal·gia | \ nä-ˈstal-jə , nə- also nȯ-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl- \ 1: the state of being homesick 2: a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition

Every Friday I send an email. I started this last March at the start of the pandemic. (Back in the days when we were bathing our groceries.) And I’ve never missed one. Until last Friday. So what happened? I’ll tell you in a minute.

Social scientist Randy Garner wondered whether sticky notes might have the power to enhance compliance with a written request made to another person. To test this, he sent out surveys to people with a request to complete them.