For as long as I can remember, my mother and father have quietly resisted technological advances going on in the outside World. My parents were the last of my peer group to convert from black and white TV to colour, and to this day profess to finding no need at all for a video recorder. [...]

I was somewhat alarmed to learn this month that more than three million Britons cannot get through the day without an alcoholic fix. Alcoholism tends to bring with it a cocktail of physical and psychological problems, and can have a devastating impact on personal and professional relationships too. Emotional issues are a common feature in [...]