'Twas a hard decision but the right one to cancel the Edinburgh military tattoo on Monday, in the teeth of Storm Floris. High winds and kilts have never been a good mix.

Phubbing? No, it didn't ring a bell with me either. It is apparently a word created to describe people who pay more attention to their mobile phone than to the person they are with. It's short for “phone snubbing. We have all seen it – the group of friends around a dinner table, each frantically fixated on their smartphone and ignoring the humans closest to them.

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