Stop Freaking Out!

BY BRIAN MONTEITH Can we stop freaking out and just choose for ourselves?!  Are the waves of collective hysteria that wash across social media from smart phones and tablets making us lose our marbles? Does the heightened sense of immediacy and intimidating volume of comment undermine our sense of proportion and ability to reflect before we are tempted to react? From politics to personal finance … Continue reading Stop Freaking Out!

No Smoke Without Ire

BY QUENTIN PIGG In Buxton, all the litter bins are engraved with this not very polite message: ‘STUB IT. BIN IT.’ There are not, I notice, signs warning pub goers about the nuisance they might cause. There are no public messages menacing fast-food addicts about what they might do with their litter. No, it’s only smokers who the British regard with this kind of resentful suspicion. … Continue reading No Smoke Without Ire