There were no supermarkets. Instead lots of different types of shops for different things. Everything had to be paid for in cash - here were no cards. If you wanted potatoes, for example, the greengrocer would weigh them out and then tip them in your bag. Everything had to be carried home and for big [...]

Is it only me that gets intensely irritated by robots answering telephones? The other day I had to phone an insurance company about my car insurance. Simple, you might think. Not so! The phone was answered by a female robot – very realistic sounding - but not human. “So I can direct you to the [...]