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Nostalgia: Why we think things were better in the past

Posted by Stuart Farrimond ⋅ July 23, 2012 ⋅ 9 Comments

They just don’t write blogs like they used to. Back in the good old days there was none of this Twitter or Facebook piffle. Web pages were once simple and images didn’t instantly appear but – like a photo being developed – gradually formed out of a pixelated mess. In the 1990s, receiving an email … Continue reading →

Do old people get more grumpy?

Posted by Stuart Farrimond ⋅ July 2, 2012 ⋅ 2 Comments

It is said that during our twenties we spend our time worrying about what other people think . In our thirties, we blame our parents for all our problems. In our forties, we finally realise that no one was really paying us that much attention and all our issues aren’t our parent’s fault after all. … Continue reading →