Modern Love, Modern Loneliness: Why Relationships Feel More Fragile Than Ever

In an age where we're more connected than ever why does it seem like our relationships have never felt more tenuous?

I learnt a new word today - ‘phubbing’, a portmanteau of the words “phone” and “snubbing”, prioritising your phone over the person you're with, whether it's scrolling through social media, texting, or simply looking at your phone instead of engaging in a conversation. Researchers found that “from a sample of 143 individuals involved in romantic relation…