there is nothing the modern consumer likes more than choice and cheapness.

We have become all über Uber and other online, on-demand taxi companies, those that can offer cheaper services from freelancers armed with little more than enthusiasm and a satnav.

baseball on valium’, as some would describe it).

the American humorist Erma Bombeck, who once professed: ‘I do not participate in any sport with ambulances at the bottom of the hill.’

as the novelist Jodi Picoult put it ‘The music we listen to may not define who we are. But it’s a damn good start.’

LB: ‘lucky bastard’; a power adapter with one male and two female sockets. VLB: as above, only with three female sockets, thus ‘very lucky bastard’.

‘the new dead-meat market’

According to the Daily Telegraph, if Facebook were a country, it would be the third most populated one in the world.

perhaps it’s just for a laugh. Either way, they don’t sound nearly as funny when they’re read out in court.’