In what seems like a lifetime ago I promised mobile phones and technology for the second part of this article on how the art of conversation is not what it used to be… So, with no further ado it’s mobile phones and technology I deliver.

Once again fear stalks these halls; what seems sadly endemic in this modern society. But more of that later.

At the risk of sounding like quite the little Luddite, I accuse the proliferation of modern technology and unnecessary gadgetry for the breakdown in conversation, even more so than the lack of common ground between young and old. And how ironic that the most dangerous assassin out there could well be the very thing you’re reading this on. The internet.

Tickled your fancy? Read on…