Why we are all talked out with our heads in a smartphone...

The ever present smartphone means people don’t bother striking up conversation with strangers anymore and self-confessed chatterbox Michelle Murphy isn’t one bit happy...

MODERN life is rubbish, Brit Pop group, Blur, once conceded. And there are times when I agree with them. Never more so then when I think of what so-called technological advances have done to our social skills.

Note, I said social, not communication, skills. People have no problem communicating. They just don’t seem to be able to spell properly or form entire sentences. Or break up with somebody face to face. Apparently, even prospective employers are informing people by text message that they were unsuccessful in their job applications.