'The New Thing party I’ve just arrived at unnoticed, is the audiobook'

I’ve discovered a New Thing. Well, when I say ‘discovered’, I mean I’ve realised nearly everyone else is already using it. Regular readers of this column will know that, when it comes to the New Thing, I’m generally late to the party. And not late in a cool way. Not like the way the Beastie Boys arrived at the nerds’ party in the video for Party For Your Right to Fight: kicking down the door, throwing pies, announcing that This Party Starts Now. I usually arrive at a party when the cans are ashtrays and the first taxis are leaving.

The New Thing party I’ve just arrived at unnoticed, is the audiobook. I’m only one hundred and fifty years late.