Zeitgeist, Keeping Track

Like every mother, I’m keen to know what my family gets up to all day. Does my husband arrive at work on time? And did he really get delayed on the way home or did he leave it until the last minute to leave for home. And where does the nanny take our son during the day? Is he getting enough fresh air in the park? And do they visit the library often enough? Intrigued by the possibilities of new technology, I’ve decided to track my family for a week using GPS locators. To bring a bit of James Bond to urban domesticity. Overprotective? Moi?

Gaming

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the most addictive games of all are the cheesy “casual” games you can play on a mobile phone, call up in a web browser or download free online. These games lack the fancy 3-D graphics, elaborate physics models and epic soundtracks of modern console games. They generally have flimsy plots, clunky graphics and amazingly simple controls.

Nine Victoria Sponges

When the novelist James Scudamore was sent away to boarding school, his grandfather’s cooking sustained him—emotionally and gastronomically.