LAST WORD
Mourn the loss of the dining table, that epicentre of family life
Technological advances have given rise to the loneliness of the long distance communicator, writes Aspasia Karras
16 June 2024 - 08:05
Maybe this is just the way it was with my own grannies, but in their world the dining table was the most important piece of furniture in the house. Maybe it's a Greek thing, but astonishingly, when my granny inevitably downsized her living arrangements as she aged, the huge dining table — and a tiny peripatetic turtle called Hercules — came with her. It was a no-brainer...
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