Isn’t it time you checked in on Carol?

Absolutely. My kids are 11 and 9 and some of their friends have phones. I might provide a dumb phone when they’re a bit older, but if they want a smartphone they’ll.have to wait until they get a job and buy one.

We did this ‘baby led weening’ stuff and, for a while, the sprogs would reach for the broccoli and other veggies. However, as soon as they were exposed to chicken dippers by the grand parents, all bets were off. To be fair, it wasn’t just them - society as a whole is not geared to providing nutritional meals to youngsters. We, of course, try to present them with balanced meals and sometimes they’ll grudgingly eat some of their veggies, but it feels like a loosing battle.

True. Of course, there are plenty of good traditions. Birthday cakes. Halloween. Christmas. Sometimes OCD can be useful.

Got to say, Lemmy doesn’t feel like a hivemind-type place the way Reddit sometimes does — at least not to me.

If people love her, that’s fine. I’d say she’s definitely more talented than a lot of vacuous pop out there. But the level of adoration does seem a bit cult-like.

Not sure if anyone saw her on Graham Norton, but she came across as a bit self-involved, and it was painful watching the other guests fawn over her. Lewis Capaldi, with his down-to-earth humour and unfiltered honesty (plus his mild Tourette’s), was a total breath of fresh air in comparison.

I watched this with my son last night. Quite enjoyed it. I find the cadences of the narrator’s voice oddly soothing, although ironically it sounds very like an AI voice.