Helen Morgan - Snapperup of unconsidered trifles

I love Alexander McCall Smith’s stories; simple, thoughtful, entertaining and easy to read. He even demonstrates a fine understanding of the value of correspondence and stamps! But does he have the right attitude to archives?
In the most recent installment in his Sunday Philosophy Club series, The Careful Use of Compliments (Little, Brown, 2007), the value […]

Personal recordkeeping in the digital age is an interesting prospect. Take the text message. If you’re a mobile phone user and send text messages, do you intentionally save any you create or receive?
No? Perhaps your messages are all banal, along the lines of arranging meetings, pick ups from the station or fish and chip dinners. […]