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Hit & Run: SimplicITy computer delivers over-50s to the digital age
If social networking is something you do at the bingo hall, windows require (net) curtains, and a Mac is to be worn in the rain, chances are you're old. Because, apparently, old people don't do computers. Things like Twitter and spreadsheets only bother them when they're on the One O'Clock News. But anyone watching the BBC's lunchtime bulletin yesterday will have seen a pensioner called Betty using a computer designed to deliver her generation to the digital age.
Romola Garai: An actor's life for me – at least for now
The darling of directors such as Poliakoff and Ozon harbours dreams of being a writer – and appearing alongside that feminist icon, Lisa Simpson.
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