Generation games

An online debate about tech use at mealtimes prompts a few thoughts about the noble art of conversation

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Jonathan Clark links the decline of popular aphorisms to a disappearing shared moral code

A f ter my great-aunt Monica’s funeral, I ...

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THERE could be no doubt about it – Julie was a handful. Brought up by her grandparents when her wayward mother took off, Julie seemed to have spent her young life on a mission to prove that she was no