DARREN LEWIS: 'Put the phones down to stay in touch with humanity'

DARREN LEWIS: 'Put the phones down to stay in touch with humanity'As recent footage of a row in London shows, when conflict occurs on the street these days our instinct is to film it on our phones rather than offering to help....NewsopinionDarren Lewis Mirror Columnist20:56, 20 Apr 2026View 4 Images"We are guilty of believing we can’t cope unless they are capturing special moments."(Image: Getty Images)I can still remember the images of the runaway bin lorry that killed six people in Glasgow 12 years ago. Why? Because of the stampede of social media users racing to post the images all over Twitter. So many among us have learned little if anything since then. Lines are crossed left, right and centre as lives are lived through a lens.‌Don’t get me wrong, you’re probably like me. Guilty of taking shots of your lemon meringue pie dessert at a posh do to show your other half what the food was like. But with the podcast explosion and so many vastly underrated primary sources, it isn’t as easy as it once was to dismiss social media users as attention seekers.‌OPINIONDarren LewisDARREN LEWIS: 'Trump broke golden rule of posting on social media - and with it humiliated himself'Iran