The vapourware of the airline industry | Brief letters
Heathrow’s third runway and aircraft emissions | Taking the hint | Editorial mischief | Girls and ladies | The bleeding obviousGeorge Monbiot coins the word “perceptionware” for technology trailed but never trialled, and only intended to impress the…
Is your partner on their phone and ignoring you? I’ve got a buzzword for that
From microcheating to quiet quitting to weaponised incompetence, new terms to describe relationship failings are abundant. But that doesn’t mean there’s not space for some more ...Are you committing “attention infidelity”? The New York Times alerted me…
I’ve made a new friend. But dare I show her the real me? | Polly Hudson
We hit it off, agreed to meet and suddenly we’re bosom buddies. But oh, the stress of always putting myself in the best possible lightI’ve got a new friend. I’m well aware I sound like a five-year-old reporting that, and this is exactly the point: it…
Eric Idle has had tons of celebrities staying at his house. God, it must be exhausting | Adrian Chiles
Whether it’s an A-lister or an old schoolfriend emerging blearily from the spare room, those first moments of the day are trickyFirst thing in the morning, that’s the hardest time. Eric Idle told me this. A wise man, is Eric. Actor, comedian, songwriter,…