Michael Palin attacks the encroachment of phones and laptops into our lives in this interview conducted with Idler editor Tom Hodgkinson in May 2014 in front of a live audience. The full-length, one hour film is stored in our Library and is available to Idler members. Palin’s new volume of diaries, Travelling to Work: Diaries 1988-98 (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, £25) is out now.
Video: “What are they all TALKING about?” Michael Palin on mobile phones

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