PARIS IS BURNING
LOGGING OUT OF SOCIAL MEDIA DOES HAVE ITS PERKS
I VISITED A FRIEND recently who didn’t have a television. I don’t either, but it still struck me as particularly bold because this friend also has children. They don’t live with her full-time but they visit at weekends. ‘Don’t they get bored?’ I ventured, expecting her to tell me that they were avid readers or outdoor types. Her response? ‘Oh they’re glued to their phones, particularly my son.’ The son is 16. My friend is a great parent and does lots of things with her children but there is no escaping the fact that in 2015 a screen simply must be stared at. And in the absence of a TV screen a phone screen will do very nicely, thank you very much.