On Monday, I received a pair of these from the lovely people at eGlove:

eGloves waiting for action

Basically, they enable you to stay warm and use your touchscreen gadgetry at the same time.

On Thursday afternoon, my iPhone had a brief but dramatic interaction with some tarmac and now looks like this:

Arse.

Between Monday and Thursday I spent brief spells:

a) Pretending to be a supervillain
b) Doing jazz hands
c) Being a mime artist trapped in a box

A more comprehensive review will follow once I’ve battled the labyrinthine technicalities of O2 customer services and have a phone that doesn’t shed shards of glass.