Should we all try it? The poet John Cooper Clarke has learnt to live without modern technology. Others who have given up on it say that doing so brings a huge feeling of relief.
The man with no phone, no email, no computer
Tech-free: "I write all my poems with a quill by candlelight," says John Cooper Clarke (above). Glossary
Quill - A large feather with the end sharpened to use as a pen.
Calligrapher - Somebody who practises the art of writing beautifully.
Parchment - A stiff, flat writing surface made out of animal skin.
Bugbear - A source of annoyance.
Luddite - A member of the 19th Century English movement of textile workers against modern machinery. Now used to describe those opposed to new technology or ways of working.
Dystopian - Relating to an imagined society where there is great suffering or injustice.