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Share CES It was almost exactly 20 years ago – January 6, 2001 – that Reg reader Erik Trent wrote to us bemoaning the tendency of tech journalists to repeat futuristic nonsense. In this case it was about pub robots that will "look directly into your eyes, calculate exactly what you want to drink, pour it and add it to your bill." Erik was not impressed: “Psychic robots: you’re kidding right? They didn’t actually write about that seriously did they? What is this 1950 again? I ...

Martin Lambie-Nairn Credit: Ashley Bingham at A&M Photography Martin Lambie-Nairn, who has died aged 75, was one of Britain’s leading television graphic designers, creating memorable logos for the BBC and Channel 4, as well as coming up with the original idea for the Spitting Image series. Credited with the concept of “an adult Muppet Show”, Lambie-Nairn recalled having a brainwave in the middle of a winter’s night in 1981: a satirical show featuring grotesque caricatures of public fig...

Call the Midwife (Copyright BBC). This week, Paul steps into Christmas… NEXT WEEK’S TV © BBC / Nealstreet Productions / Laura Radford Marcus Rashford: Feeding Britain’s Children (Copyright BBC) In this year of terrible years, the footballer Marcus Rashford has emerged as a profound symbol of decency and compassion. He’s devoted himself to raising awareness of child poverty in Britain, to such an extent that he basically shamed the government into announcing a £400 million winter grant...

Share On this years final, he opted for a grey suit with dark brown shoes and an open-necked white shirt. He looked like an estate agent heading to a disco after work. Like any estate agent in his new threads from Moss Bros, Gregg was panicking that some clumsy nitwit might spill food on his jacket. He squeaked anxiously when he saw 25-year-old Alex was serving party poppers with his passion fruit cocktails. Mind the whistle and flute, Alex! It was the menus that were more likely to give the re...

My five-year-old son wants to be a future YouTube star - and who am I to stop him? Published: 7:45 PM December 18, 2020    Updated: 7:53 PM December 18, 2020 Do you persuade or dissuade a youngster from wanting to pursue a career on YouTube? - Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto My youngest son has just turned five and with ambitions lofty enough to hold the Christmas decorations of my entire road, he submitted his birthday list weeks before the big day. Aside from two games consoles, a Hornby ...